Constructions Of The Criminal And New Crime

Question 1

Michael Lianos on crime to risk, 2000

Answer 1

Argues that ‘dangerization’ (the idea that a dangerous society creates a dangerous physical setting) has led to increased focus on controlling risk rather then crime; by perceiving danger and peridentifying dangerous groups regardless of any actual crime, risk can be controlled and so dangerous crime is prevented

Question 2

Dario Melossi on changing reps of the criminal, 2000

Answer 2

Argues that the representations of criminals changes based on their specific crime and their social environment e.g. A victim of a bad society, a vigilante-type figure against corruption, or a predator

Question 3

Michael T. Costelloe study of punitive attitudes towards crime, 2009

Answer 3

Data from interviews with 2250 Florida residents :
Found that regardless of race, gender or age, the greater the concern about crime and fear of victimisation, the greater the support for punitive measures