Crime prevention - Left realism, right realism , post modernism Flashcards
what are the 2 methods Right Realists believe on crime prevention ?
- Situational crime prevention
- Environmental crime prevention.
what are the 2 methods Left realists believe on crime prevention
- Early intervention.
- Improve social inequality and the community
what are the 2 methods postmodernists believe on crime prevention
- Private crime prevention techniques
- localised and community based policing policies.
what is the left realist approach on crime prevention ?
Left realist approach suggests that by dealing with the social inequalities that lead to crime will reduce the crime rate.
what is early intervention in the left Realist strategies to prevent crime ?
Early intervention involves identfying groups at risk of committing crime and taking action to limit offending. one of the best known intervention projects is the perry pre - school project
what is improving the community and addressing social inequality mean in left realist approach to crime prevention ?
This involves improving services in the community.
Youth groups and community centre will help to create a sense of community.
Parenting groups to help gain skill to improve gain skills to improve parenting
. Finally increasing community police officers to improve community relations and trust with the police.
what is the evaluation for left realism towards crime prevention ?
Left realists assume everyone will cooperate with crime prevention. Left realists also ignore issues such as racism that is institutional , racism in the police force which can limit the effectiveness of the community and social policies.
In Left realism what is the perry pre - school project ?
The perry pre - school project is aimed at reducing criminality for disadvantaged black children which took place in USA . In the perry pre school programme a group of 3 or 4 years old were offered a enrichment programme , during which the time the children received weekly home visits.
what is the Right realist approach on crime prevention ?
Right realists approach is more individualistic. Right realists feel that crime is a rational choice and that criminals are able to commit crime because the benefit beats the cost of being caught and there are too many opportunities to commit crime.
what is situational crime prevention in Right realism ?
Situational crime prevention is an approach that aims to make it harder to commit crime in the first place by adding bars and bolts on windows , using alarm systems and increasing CCTV and putting more police on the streets.
what is zero tolerance policing in right realism ?
zero tolerance policing is based on the view of disorder and the absence of control leads to crime. Zero tolerance policing involves enforcing harsh penalties for minor crimes.
what is the evaluation of right realists approach to crime prevention ?
Right realists believe that the crime prevention methods deal with the symptoms and not the cause of crime. Right realists believe the crime prevention strategies target working class people and street crime only. Finally Right realists believe criminals can just move on to another area.
