Conservative criminology

Question 1

Jordan Peterson

Answer 1

Stresses the innate differences between men and women.

Law has a disciplining function but comes from a natural order.

Question 2

Right realism/neo-positivism

Answer 2

looks at the causes but not roots.

They argue that sociologists have failed to take genetic concerns seriously.

Question 3

The broken window theory

Answer 3

Created by Kelling and Wilson.
Minor vandalism could invite more serious crime. You need to cut out the small problems so people don’t develop the idea that their area is broken.

Question 4

Zero-tolerance policing

Answer 4

Adopted by the New York Police, there was a drastic reduction of murder.
Yet this approach was merely a correlation not a cause.

Question 5

Charles Murray on the myth of the underclass

Answer 5

argued that crime is committed by isolated individuals who lack moral values.
The best approach to crime reduction would be to ensure social and ethical values.
He was a biological positivist.

Question 6

The bell curve

Answer 6

Some populations are predisposed to crime because of pre-existing defects.
The idea of IQ is affected by race.
Morally corrupt

Question 7

Criticisms of conservative criminology

Answer 7

Overlooks structures of inequalities.
An essistentialist view of crime
Punches downwards, looks at others as lesser.