The New Right perspective of the family

Question 1

Problems caused by the fragmented family

Answer 1

• High divorce rate
• Decline in traditional values
• Child delinquency
• Illegitimacy

Question 2

Illegitimacy

Answer 2

Having children without being married

Question 3

Charles Murray - ‘the underclass’

Answer 3

• The breakdown of the family has helped develop a new underclass in society
• The underclass is a section of the working class that has lost contact with decent, honest and respectable social life

Question 4

3 major characteristics of the underclass

Answer 4

• Increase in illegitimacy
• Increase in unemployment
• Increase in crime

Question 5

Solutions to the problems of the underclass

Answer 5

• Making divorce difficult to obtain
• Reducing benefits
• Harsher forms of punishment

Question 6

Criticisms of The New Right views

Answer 6

• Blaming the victims
• Value judgments
• An idealised view of the past