Right Realism Flashcards
What is the main root cause of crime for RR’s? (2)
Biological differences and poor socialisation - people make the rational choice to commit crime.
Which views does the Right Realism (R.R) agree with?
- New Right
- Neo-Conservative political view
The Right Realists’ solution to crime? (3)
Formal social control eg. Harsher prison sentences, zero tolerance policies and more CCTV
Biological differences in committing crime?
Wilson and Hernstein argue that some people are innately more predisposed to commit crime than others.
Some are innately more likely to commit crime. Especially those with personality traits like…(3)
Aggression
Risk taking
Low impulse control
What does Charles Murray argue about crime?
Most crime is committed by the underclass (unemployed) due to poor socialisation by lone parent families.
The recent upsurge of lone parent families has led to…
Poor socialisation and has encouraged these people to became welfare dependant
What is the rational choice theory by Ron Clarke (1980)?
Suggests that people rationalise their choice to commit crime by weighing up cost versus benefits. If the benefits outweigh the cost, they are more likely to commit crime.
According to Herrnstein and Murray, what is the “main cause of crime” ?
The biological factor of low IQ/intelligence. They also argue that this low IQ is biologically determined.
What did Lily et al say about biological differences in relation to crime?
That IQ differences only account for less then 3% of differences in crime.
How does the welfare state play a part in the causes of crime?
Lack of adequate socialization, especially for young men in LPF’s. (fem would agrue..)
What kind of role models to young men from LPF’s turn to?
They turn to other (most likely delinquent) male role models and gain status through crime.
70% of young offenders stem from…
LPF’s
Murray’s term for the growing underclass?
‘new rabble’
What does Charles Murray say that the new rabble is the reason for the increase of crime?
The underclass fail to adequately socialise their children and are deviant
