right realism

Question 1

what idea did Charles murray develop

Answer 1

• The underclass

Question 2

what does the welfar state create+ encourage?

Answer 2

• creates an over-dependency
• and encourages single parenthood (throough policies liek child benefits) + discrourages working for a living

Question 3

why do young boy from lone-parent families turn to crime?

Answer 3

• they grow up without male rolemodel + without example of paid employment
• leading to criminal underclass of jobless, welfare-depepndent ppl who lack fatherly disciplne and look elsewhere for role models

Question 4

what is the main aim of right realissts

Answer 4

• crime prevention + control of crime
• rather than why ppl commit crime

Question 5

how should crime even minor crime be dealt with?

Answer 5

• harsher policies like zero tolerance to maintain social order

Question 6

criticism of right realist

Answer 6

• It is true children from lone-parent faimilies are more likely to commit low-level, anti-social behaviour behaviour rather than serious crimes
• so lone-parent families arent the main factor in crime but maybe social class

Question 7

what do right realists is realted to increased chances of committing crime

Answer 7

inadequate socialisation + lack of community controls

Question 8

broken window theory by Wilson + Kelling?

Answer 8

• visisble signs of a run down environment + misbehaviour encourages further vandalism + misbehaviour,
• leading to serious crime bc low-level crime is tolreated

Question 9

how did this concept influence policy?

Answer 9

• influenced new york policies in 1990’s
• zero tolerance policing, low- level crime taken more seriously

Question 10

how should crime be tackled according to right realists?

Answer 10

focus on control, containment + punishment of crime

Question 11

what is a catalyst of greater deviance/crime

Answer 11

unkempt neighbourhoods, broken windows theory, graffiti

Question 12

what should be used a deterrent to stop crime

Answer 12

fines + prison sentences

Question 13

criticism of zero tolerance policy solution?

Answer 13

Young, claims success is a myth –> crime was already falling, cities which did not have this policies had a fall of crime

Question 14

criticism of right realism

Answer 14

• the policy solution of zero tolerance focuses too heavily on petty crime/street crime more than corporate/white collar crime which arguably has a greater impact on society. e.g. tax evasion

Question 15

left realist criticism of traditional Marxists

Answer 15

state they need to focus and address working class crime

Question 16

left realist criticism of neo-marxists

Answer 16

criticise them for Romanticising working class criminals as ‘robin hoods’ since the main victims of w/c crime is the w/c

Question 17

left realist criticism of labelling theorists

Answer 17

ignores the real victim and states criminals are victims, so shifts blame away