Strengths of Official Crime Statistics: Underclass Flashcards

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

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Because they show how there is an underclass in society

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

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Receiving benefits and Committing crimes

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What did Murray argue?

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

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What did Murray believe about underclass primary socialisation?

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

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What was a result of underclass primary socialisation deprivation?

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

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