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In general what do Realist believe about crime?

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  • very real problem
  • w/c are both perpetrator and victim
  • we need practical policies to tackle crime
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What do right realists believe are the main causes of crime?

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  • the welfare state

- the breakdown in informal and formal social controls

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who are right realists associated with and who do they influence?

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  • the new right

- RR influence home office policies

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what do right realists believe about street crime?

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  • real and growing problem
  • destroys communities
  • undermines social cohesion
  • threatens societies work ethic
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what theories do right realists criticize

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  • labeling theories and critical criminology
  • they’re too sympathetic to criminals
  • they’re too hostile to the forces of law and order
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how do right realists say we need to tackle crime?

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  • control
  • containment
  • punishment
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what are the 2 right realist causes of crime?

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  • rational choice theory
  • socialisation and the underclass
  • biological differences
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describe the rational choice theory

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  • Wilson
  • p’s are selfish and commit crime if they think they can get away w/ it
  • p asses the risk of getting caught prior
  • they make a rational choice
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describe socialisation and underclass

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  • Murray
  • breakdown of institutions e.g family and over generous welfare state = inadequate socialisation
  • lack of male role model = boys turn to delinquent role models
  • increases crime
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what are ways of tackling crime?

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  • CCTV
  • guards / security dogs
  • light and sound timers
  • limit number of p’s in shop at once
  • security alarms
  • motion sensor lights
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what are the right realist solutions to preventing crime and deviance?

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  • target hardening

- zero tolerance

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what is target hardening and how does it prevent crime?

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  • make it more difficult to commit crime
  • e.g more alarms / increased surveillance
  • reduces crime
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what is zero tolerance and how does it reduce crime?

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  • police clamp down on first signs of criminal activity
  • prevents minor crimes getting bigger
  • based on Wilson’s broken window theory:
  • if a single window is left broken a whole area cam deteriorate
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what are an example of zero tolerance?

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London Olympics 2012:

  • operation Trafalgar
  • clamp down on crimes before Olympics
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how do functionalists agree with right realists?

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Durkheim:

  • not everyone is equally socialised
  • so some p’s are prone to deviance

agree:

  • over generous welfare state = inadequate socialisation
  • lack male role mode = delinquency
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how do subcultural theories agree with right realists?

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Cohen, cloward and ohlin:
- most crime is w/c

agrees:

  • sees street crime as most important
  • crime is mainly committed by w/c
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how does marxism disagree with right realists?

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Snider:
- corporate crime is more damaging economically and physically

disagree:
- doesn’t see street crime as main threat

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how do interactionists disagree with right realists?

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Becker:
- p’s are victims of labeling

disagree:
- RR sees this as too sympathetic towards criminal and too hostile to law and order

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how do critical criminologists disagree with right realists?

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Taylor:
- crime often has a political motive

disagree:
- RR says crime is caused by inadequate socialisation for personal gain

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what are the strengths of right realism?

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  • provides practical solutions to reducing crime
  • solutions for crime has actually been used e.g zero tolerance policing in USA
  • acknowledges the importance of community control in policing
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what are the weaknesses of right realism?

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  • doesn’t address wider structural causes e.g poverty
  • ignores white collar, corporate and green crime
  • ignores that some crimes are impulsive / irrational and do not have any gain e.g violence
22
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describe how biological differences can cause crime

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Wilson and Herrnstein (1985)

  • crime is cause by biological and social factors
  • biology can make some more predisposed to commit crime
  • e.g those who are aggressive, have low impulse control, low intelligence

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