PAPER 3 RIGHT REALISM AND CRIME

Question 1

What do right realists argue about formal social control of the police?

Answer 1

It should be strong and informal controls (law abiding citizens in areas) stop crime

Question 2

What do right realists think about statistics?

Answer 2

They accept them if they show the working class are more likely to commit crime

Question 3

What does Clarke say about crime?

Answer 3

It’s committed when the chances are highest of getting the maximum reward with minimum risk

Question 4

What does Clarke say happens if people think they can get away with crime?

Answer 4

It will rise

Question 5

According to Clarke, what does routine activity theory say?

Answer 5

Crime also happens when there is a target, motivated offender and no one to stop them.

Question 6

What does Wilson and Kelling say about broken window shows due to vandalism?

Answer 6

That the residents of the neighbourhood don’t care about it and low level deviance is tolerated

Question 7

What does Wilson and Kelling say areas that look bad attract?

Answer 7

Breaking the law and other criminals.

Question 8

What does Murray argues about the underclass?

Answer 8

That it’s workshy whose broken communities feed crime

Question 9

Why does Murray say a underclass of workshy welfare dependent boys turn to crime?

Answer 9

Because that is where their role models are and they see it as an easy way to make money and assert their masculinity

Question 10

What does Wilson and Hernstein look at?

Answer 10

Biosocial theory which is biological differences which make people predisposed to crime. E.g. aggressiveness

Question 11

What’s an evaluation from Marxists?

Answer 11

They only label working class crime