Crime prevention

Question 1

what does the left wing see to be the main cause of crime?

Answer 1

the social structure of society

Question 2

the social structure of society is the mian cause of crime, including:

Answer 2

• inequality
• deprivation
• social exclusion

Question 3

reducing income inequality

left wing tackling social causes of crime

Answer 3

tax, benefits

Question 4

raising living standards

left wing tackling social causes of crime

Answer 4

social/affordable housing

Question 5

reduce unemployment

left wing tackling social causes of crime

Answer 5

create jobs, encourage businesses eg offer insentive

Question 6

improve education and training

left wing tackling social causes of crime

Answer 6

apprentiships, retraining for older people

Question 7

Clarke

right wing

Answer 7

• criminality is a conscious choice
• criminal opertunitites available, likelihood of getting caught are all significant factors achieving criminality

Question 8

What does the right realist approach to crime prevention focus on?

Answer 8

Making crime more difficult to commit, and making capture and punishment more likely

Question 9

situational

right realist

Answer 9

make a specific crime more difficult

Question 10

environmental

right realist

Answer 10

wider measures reducing deviant behaviour

Question 11

Clarke opportunity theory

right wing

Answer 11

• people will commit crime if there is an opportunity to do so
• target hardening - make it difficult to commit crime

Examples
- car thefts in Germany fell when steering wheel locks became compulsory on all cars in 1963

Question 12

environmental crime prevention examples

Answer 12

• broken window policing (crack down on minor offences eg New York 1990s zero-tolerance policy)
• rapid repair of vandalism
• urban design improvements (well light areas)