Sociology - Crime and Deviance - Crime Prevention Strategies

Question 1

In right realism what does SCP stand for?

Answer 1

Situational crime prevention

Question 2

Define situational crime prevention in control and punishment

Answer 2

Changing something about the situation to reduce the chances of crime happening

Question 3

State the link between SCP and Wilson’s RCT in control and punishment

Answer 3

Proves that it’s useful because Wilson said we commit crime based on a cost-benefit analysis

Question 4

What is the obvious thing to do to reduce crime in terms of cost-benefit analysis?

Answer 4

Make the costs outweigh the benefits

Question 5

Define target gardening

Answer 5

Reducing the physical opportunity for a crime to occur

Question 6

Give 2 examples of target hardening

Answer 6

Chip & Pin, window locks

Question 7

Give evidence that SCP works (Felson)

Answer 7

Felson NYC bus terminal - redesigned bathrooms to stop drug dealing,mugging etc

Question 8

What does ECP stand for?

Answer 8

Environmental crime prevention

Question 9

Who came up with the broken window thesis for ECP?

Answer 9

Wilson & Kelling

Question 10

Describe the broken window thesis

Answer 10

Small signs of deterioration = anything goes mentality

Question 11

What did Foucault discuss?

Answer 11

Sovereign and Disciplinary power

Question 12

Name the idea that Foucault came up with

Answer 12

Panopticon prison