Strengths of Official Crime Statistics: Right Realist Strength Beliefs

Question 1

Why would Right Realists argue Official Crime Statistics produce a true picture of crime?

Answer 1

Because they show how there is an underclass in society

Question 2

What 2 things are common with the “underclass” according to Right Realists?

Answer 2

Receiving benefits and Committing crimes

Question 3

What did Right Realists find with crime in the 1980s?

Answer 3

It was steadily increasing

Question 4

What did Murray argue?

Answer 4

That crime increasing in the 1980s was because an underclass of people had grown

Question 5

What did Murray believe about underclass primary socialisation?

Answer 5

Many underclass people had grown up without a father and their mothers could not discipline them properly

Question 6

What was a result of underclass primary socialisation deprivation?

Answer 6

They would not learn the norms and values of society so would be more likely to commit crimes

Question 7

How does an underclass being shown to have been developed by Official Crime Statistics act as a strength?

Answer 7

Because it shows that there is a specific group of people in society who are more likely to commit crime