New Right

Question 1

Murray

Answer 1

The underclass don’t socialise their children properly

Question 2

Dennis and Erdos

Answer 2

Fatherless families do not socialise their children properly, especially the boys, because they lack a role model

Question 3

Wilson and Kelling

Answer 3

Broken Windows Thesis: The view that when crime or deviance takes place, it should be sorted straight away to prevent further decline and criminality, and support a zero-tolerance policy even on minor crimes

Question 4

Clarke

Answer 4

Outlined the Rational Choice Theory which suggests we have an element of free will, and so criminals perform a cost-benefit analysis when deciding to commit crime

Question 5

Wilson and Herrnstein

Answer 5

See crime as being caused by biological influences such as hormones and genes

Question 6

What are the three Right Realist causes of crime?

Answer 6

Inadequate socialisation, rational choice theory, biology

Question 7

What are the three Right Realist solutions to crime?

Answer 7

Better parenting, zero tolerance, Broken Window Thesis