Control, Prevention, Punishment Flashcards
What is protection? (CPP crime)
To protect society, the offender must be rendered incapable of another offence
What is deterrence? (CPP crime)
Stopping the offender or others committing crime
What is rehabilitation? (CPP crime)
Changing the offenders behaviour
What do Marxists state about prison? (CPP crime)
Prison is a part of the repressive state apparatus, as a way of protecting the bourgeoisie (criminalise the working class)
What do left realists argue about punishment? (CPP crime)
Those living in poverty are more likely to be confronted with situations where crime is the norm
What do right realists argue about punishment? (CPP crime)
Crime is a rational choice , but sentences should deter others, so punishment should be harder e.g 3 strike rule in America
What do left realists believe is the way to control crime? (CPP crime)
- risk conditions addressed
- integrated housing
- better education
- fair wages
How do right realists argue is the correct way to prevent crime? (CPP crime)
- victims should make themselves harder targets
- SCP
- ECP
What do Wilson and Kelling (1982) believe? (CPP crime)
Behaviour should not be tolerated, informal and formal social controls are too weak
Evaluate SCP (CPP crime)
- displaces crime rather than reduces it
- camera operators may conform to similar stereotypes
- middle class security
Evaluate ECP (CPP crime)
- crime is societies problem, rather than the individual
- doesn’t explain why many don’t commit crime
- too soft on criminals
What is SCP and give an example (CPP crime)
Situational crime prevention e.g CCTV and tracking technology
What is ECP and give examples (CPP crime)
Environment crime protection e.g broken glass theory (if small crimes are not tolerated, larger crimes will decrease)
How did the prison population rise between 1993-2012? (CPP crime)
42,000 - 85,000
What did Mathews argue? (CPP crime)
Prisons are ‘universities of crime’, more crime is learnt in prison
