Right Realism

Question 1

Murray and Marsland

Answer 1

crime is growing because of the increasing underclass.

lone mother families can’t socialize their children (boys) properly.

Question 2

Cornish and Clarke

Answer 2

People choose to commit crime based on rational choice.

Community policing has decreased.
Punishments have become too lenient.
Policing has deteriorated.

Question 3

Real and Tomlinson ( A03 )

Answer 3

The underclass is not a deviant subculture nor a collective that is in agreement.

There are wider structures like the cycle of deprivation that impact unemployement etc..

It’s estimated that 1.2 million people in the UK work two jobs.

Question 4

Wilson and Kelling

Answer 4

Zero tollerence, more harsh policing means less crime.

There also needs to be harsher punishment.

Question 5

Jones - A03 of formal social control, Wilson and Kelling.

Answer 5

Trust isn’t built between the communities and the police so individuals feel less inclined to form a relationship.

Stop and search rates, black communities stop and search levels are 92/1000.

Question 6

Evidence - supporting Hirshci and Cornish and Clarke. BBC UK prisons.

Answer 6

Nearly 3,000 people were released from Jail in 2023, as a result of prisons being overwhelmed, not because of good behavior or rehabilitation.

Question 7

Evidence - Support Murray, Sewell

Answer 7

Black - Afro - Caribbean boys aren’t socialized properly and seek out alternative father figures in violent gang cultures.

Question 8

Van den Haag

Answer 8

Three strike rule argues for tougher laws and making the third offence punishable by life.

28 states in America have some form the the three strikes rule in action as of 2024.

Question 9

Hirschi ( support of Cornish and Clarke )

Answer 9

People choose not to commit the crime as the consequences outweigh the benefits.

This includes damage to reputation.
Social isolation.
Financial costs like loss of jobs.
Separation from family.