Control , Punishment And victims Flashcards
How would right realists say you tackle crime ?
Harsher
How would left realists say you prevent crime ?
Tackle the root structural causes e.g. unemployment
Who talks about situational crime ?
Clarke
What are the 3 features of crime prevention according to Clarke ?
•Directed at specific crimes
•manage / alter environment
•Increase risk of crime and more reward
What is rational choice theory ?
Weight up pro and cons
What is the case study of situational crime ?
New York port bus authority
What is the New York port Bus authority about ?
The New York port bus was poorly designed so they tackled this by redesigning this and taking crime out e.g. replaced large sinks where homeless people sleep to small sinks so they can’t sleep there anymore
What is displacement of crime ?
•spatial - move somewhere else
•temporal - commit at different time
•target - choose different victim
•tactical - use a different method
•functional - commit different crime
Evaluation of situational crime
- largely displaced
-focuses on Petty street crime and ignores corporate crime
-ignores root cause of crime e.g. poverty
Which group talks about environmental crime prevention ?
Right realists
What is one environmental crime prevention?
Zero tolerance broken windows
Which theorist talk about broken windows ?
Wilson and Kelling
What is the broken window theory ?
All disorder and lack of cleanliness in neighbourhood cleared up
e.g. graffiti , begging
What is the case study for zero tolerance and how did it work ?
New York had clean car approach and graffiti taken out immediately
According to right realists what was a benefit of environmental crime ?
1993 and 1996 crime rate fell massively and murder rate dropped by 50%
