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Name a situational crime prevention technique Right Realists argue reduce crime

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Target hardening

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What does target hardening involve?

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Making it harder to commit a crime

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How might a building do target hardening?

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Install lights in dimly lit areas

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Name a feature of a car which is target hardening

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Being able to lock the car

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Which Right Realist would say target hardening increases the costs of committing crimes?

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Clarke

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What theory did Clarke create?

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Rational Choice Theory

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Why does Clarke say committing crimes is a rational choice in modern society?

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The rewards are higher than the costs

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Which 2 Postmodernists would say target hardening only increases crime?

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Katz, Lyng

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What did Lyng say crime acted as for people?

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Edgework

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What is edgework?

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When people are between the thrill of getting away with a crime and the danger of getting caught

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What did Lyng say happens with crimes if things like CCTV are implemented in areas?

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Crime will increase

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Why does Lyng say crime will increase if CCTV and other crime prevention techniques are made?

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It makes it more challenging to get away with a crime

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What does Katz say about why people commit crimes?

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They have a seductive nature to them

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What does Katz say people get out of committing crimes?

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They experience pleasure

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What form of policing would Right Realists say reduces crime?

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Zero-tolerance policing

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What is zero-tolerance policing?

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Having the police arrest someone no matter the crime

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Name an action which would result in an arrest in zero-tolerance policing?

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Littering

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Which Right Realists created the concept of the broken windows theory?

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Wilson and Kelling

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What does broken windows theory say?

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If one person commits a crime and it is not followed up, many other people will commit the crime as well

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What small crime did the New York police start acting on in subway stations?

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People not paying for tickets

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How did the zero-tolerance policing in New York subways prevent other crimes?

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The people who were arrested for not paying for tickets also had guns and knives on them

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Which 2 Interactionists would say zero-tolerance policing is likely to be applied more to ethnic minorities?

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Reiner, Cicourel

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What concept did Reiner create?

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Canteen culture

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What does canteen culture say?

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The racist norms and values created on police officers lunch breaks will be reflected in their work

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If canteen culture values are reflected in police officers' work, who will be stopped and searched more often?
Ethnic minorities
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What did Cicourel find police had?
A stereotypical view of the 'typical delinquent'
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Give the full CAGE description for the typical delinquent and where they would live
Working class young male from an ethnic minority living in an inner city area
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What does Home Office Data (2020) show about stop and search rates for black people?
They are 9 times more likely to be stopped and searched
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What would Right Realists say longer prison sentences do?
Reduce crime
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Which Right Realist believed in a retributive approach to crime?
Murray
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What is a retributive approach to crime?
When the person is punished properly for the amount of damage they caused to society
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How does Murray argue long prison sentences reduce crime for the offender?
They are less likely to re-offend
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How does Murray argue long prison sentences reduce crime in relation to the person being locked away?
They can no longer harm society
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Which Interactionist would argue prison is a form of disintegrative shaming?
Braithwaite
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According to Braithwaite, if someone experiences disintegrative shaming by going to prison, what will happen when they get out?
They will be more likely to continue committing crimes
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What is reintegrative shaming?
When someones behaviour is labelled as bad
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What will a person be more likely to do with reintegrative shaming?
Reflect on their behaviour and change it
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What is disintegrative shaming?
When someone is labelled as a bad person
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Why will a person be less likely to reflect on their actions if they experienced disintegrative shaming?
They believe they are fully a bad person and cannot change this
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What section of society would Right Realists argue getting rid of would reduce crime?
The welfare system
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What did Marsland describe the welfare state to be like?
A nanny state
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Why does Marsland call the welfare state a nanny state?
It is too easy to get benefits
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What does Marsland say people will do if they can easily get benefits in order to get more money?
Commit crimes
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According to Marsland, what will the underclass have to do if the welfare state is taken away?
They will have to find work
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Which Marxist wrote a book called Chavs?
Owen Jones
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What did Owen Jones say about the reality of working class people committing crime?
Very few of them committed crimes
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What form of benefits did Owen Jones say many WC people depended on to survive?
Work-in benefits
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Why would getting rid of benefits therefore reduce crime according to Owen Jones?
People would have to commit crimes to survive
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Which Marxist would say dismantling the welfare state would not reduce middle class crimes?
Snider
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Which 2 types of crimes did Snider argue did more harm to society than street crimes?
White collar crimes, corporate crimes
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Name a corporate crime and the year it took place that killed many people
2017 Grenfell Tower Incident
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Why was the Grenfell tower incident a corporate crime?
The company used lower quality cladding because it was cheaper
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Which Left Realists say crime can be reduced by improving policing?
Lea and Young
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How do Lea and Young argue policing can be improved?
Hiring more Police Community Support Officers
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What do Police Community Support officers do in neighbourhoods?
They get to know which crimes are committed the most
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What percentage of crimes PCSO's receive information on from neighbours are solved?
90%
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Where do Lea and Young say needs reforms in order to reduce crime?
The education system
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Name an act and the year it was passed to help reduce crime amongst younger people
1999 Education Maintenance Allowance Act
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What did the 1999 EMA do?
Gave 16-19 year olds £30 a week if they attended all of their lessons
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How would the 1999 EMA have reduced crime in the long-term?
Young people would have got better qualifications and not need to commit crimes to survive
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Which Marxist says hegemonic values of capitalism are the cause of crime?
Chambliss
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Name a hegemonic value of capitalism according to Chambliss in terms of consuming continuously
Greed
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Why will Greed result in more crime according to Chambliss?
People may steal to get what they want
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How could the hegemonic capitalism value of greed apply to the 1999 EMA?
Young people may instead use the EMA funds to buy things not helpful to their education
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What do Postmodernists argue would reduce crime?
Restorative justice
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How did Henry and Milovanovic define crime?
It was an action of taking someones power away from them
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What do restorative justice meetings redress?
Redress the balance of harm
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Who comes together in restorative justice meetings?
The victim and the offender
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What will the offender talk about with the victim?
Why they committed the crime
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What will the victim talk about with the offender?
How the crime made them feel
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How might restorative justice meetings reduce crime?
Offenders feel guilty for what they have done and will not do it again
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Which university did a report showing restorative justice meetings help to reduce crime?
University of Sheffield
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According to University of Sheffield Data, by what percentage did restorative justice meetings reduce reconviction rate?
Reduced it by 25%
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How many restorative justice meetings did the University of Sheffield look at?
400
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What type of crime would Feminists argue cannot be solved through restorative justice meetings?
Domestic Violence
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What did Dobash and Dobash say about why it was difficult for a wife to leave their husband?
They could be financially dependent on their husband
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If the wife and the husband met in a restorative justice meeting, what might the husband do?
Offer the wife financial stability
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What may happen if the wife accepts the financial stability after the restorative justice meeting?
The domestic abuse could re-start

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