Realist theories of crime Flashcards

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Right Realism
Causes of Crime
BIO DIFF

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Wilson and Hernstein see crime as a mix of biological and social factors saying that traits such as aggression may lead to crime.
Murray and Herstein say that crime is a result of low IQ which they see as biologically determined.

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Right Realism
Causes of Crime
Socialisation

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Although biology plays an effect, good socialisation can reduce this. Its argued that the nuclear family is the most effective type of socialisation and murray argues that its due to a new rabble increasing that crime rates grow due to inadequate socialising

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Right Realism
Causes of crime
Rational choice theory

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Clarke argues that the higher perceived benefits are compared to a lower consequence - crime will grow. Crminals do a cost benefit analysis.
This shows why crime has increased - due to low punishments.

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Right Realism
Causes of crime
Rational choice theory

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Clarke argues that the higher perceived benefits are compared to a lower consequence - crime will grow. Crminals do a cost benefit analysis.
This shows why crime has increased - due to low punishments.

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Right Realism
Criticisms

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  • Lilly et al only 3% of crimes had IQ differences
  • Ignores wider structure such as poverty
  • Over thinks rationalisation - do murderers think?
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Right Realism
Tackling crime
0 tolerance.

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WILSON AND KELLING - All street crimes shall be instantly dealt with, there shall be harsher sentencing and police patrolling - NO tolerance to undesirable behaviours.

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Crit of 0 TOLERANCE

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  • pre occupied with street crimes and ignore bigger crimes such as corp crime
  • allows for discrimination to go up
  • crime wll just increase in other areas.
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Left Realism
CRIME SERIOUS

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They take crime seriously and criticise others for not doing the same.
- Marxists focus on corp crime
- Neo marxists romanticize crime
- Labelling theorists see criminals as victims.
Young - aetiological crisis - large rise in crimes since 1950s. NOT ONLY REPORTING, CRIMES TOO!!

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Left Realism
3 Causes of Crime
Lee n Young

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  • Marginalisation
  • Relative deprivation
  • Subcultures
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Left Realism
Causes of crime
Relative deprivation

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Lee and Young.
People may now be better off but theyre most aware that others have more and the differences.

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Left Realism
Causes of crime
Subcultures

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  • Religious subcultures may help individuals to conform and console them about the gap
  • Criminal subcultures YOUNG found Ghettos in NYC where there was MC values of materialism and consumerism, just no way to acheive
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Left Realism
Causes of crime
Marginalisation

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Unemployed youth are marginalised and thus do crimes out of frustration

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Left Realism
Late modernity, exclusion and crime

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Young - modern soc makes crime worse
- Media saturated society promotes inclusion as all have access to the messages of the media.
- greater emphasis on instant grat, consumerism, leisure
- No meritocracy, infact society creates crime by promoting all these values to all buut not giving all the legit opp to acheive thm

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Left Realism
Tackling crime

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No more military policing as this has turned many people away from police
Need to take a multi agency approach,

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