Explanations - Right Realist

Question 1

Broken Windows

Wilson & Kelling

Answer 1

If windows are already broken (if neighbourhood is already stinky)

Then criminals will commit more crime

Question 2

Control Theory

Hirschi

Answer 2

delinquent adolescents fail to develop societal bonds

(1) ATTACHMENT to parents, peers, and school

(2) occupational and educational COMMITMENT

(3) academic INVOLVEMENT

(4) BELIEF in social rules and convention

Question 3

Farrington & West

Longitudinal Study

Findings of the study align with this theory

Answer 3

• The Cambridge Study in Delinquent Development (Farington and West 1991)
• Looked at 411 ‘working class’ males born in 1953 who were studied until their late 30s
• Found offenders more likely to come from poorer, single parent families with poor parenting and parents who were themselves offenders
• This study suggests that good primary socialisation is essential in preventing crime.