Right Realism

Question 1

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What do Hernstein & Wilson mean by Biological factors ?
Give evaluation

Answer 1

• Bio factors cause crime, e.g personality traits like aggressive tendencies or low IQ show a higher chance of offending

• Eval - Asian peeps have high crime ( bit racist mason but ok )

Question 2

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What is Rational choice theory ?
Give evaluation

Answer 2

• Clarke - Crime is down if rewards outweigh the consequences

• Eval - this overestimates a criminals IQ

Question 3

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What is meant by the Broken Window Thesis ?

Answer 3

• Wilson & Kelling - it’s essential to keep neighbourhoods looking good so people won’t commit crime and are happy instead 😁

Question 4

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What is Zero Tolerance policy and target hardening ?

Answer 4

• ZTP - towards undesirable behaviour like prostitution and begging / police patrol these streets to crack down on this

• Target hardening - if you make it harder to commit a crime it’s less desirable to commit reducing rewards and acting as a deterrent