Realist perspectives of crime (left and right)
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- Created on: 11-06-22 15:07
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- Realist perspectives of crime
- Left realist
- Causes of crime
- Relative deprivation (Runciman; Lea and Young)
- When an individual feels more deprived than others they may turn to crime to resolve this
- Modern society is more prosperous but also more crime ridden as we now have a higher awareness of deprivation due to media
- Individualism and relative deprivation has caused an increase of crime
- Crime closes the ‘deprivation gap’
- Subcultures produce different responses to relative deprivation
- Religious subcultures can reinforce the idea of conformity (Pryce)
- Marginalisation of groups mean that they turn to crime due to a lack of legitimate goals and support
- Lack of representation in society
- Relative deprivation (Runciman; Lea and Young)
- Perspectives of how to resolve crime
- Tackling the structural/ root causes of crime means that it will decrease
- Favour police and prison reform
- Causes of crime
- Right realist
- Causes of crime
- Underclass socialisation (Murray)
- Lack of nuclear family means that socialisation is less effective
- The generous revolution means more people love off of benefits and welfare which increases lone parent family structures
- Lack of male role models due to single mothers means that males commit crime
- Biological differences (Herrnstein and Wilson)
- Aggression, risk taking, low impulse control and extroversion are traits which some people are more predisposed to crime
- Biosocial theory
- Low IQ is the main cause of crime (Herrnstein and Murray)
- Aggression, risk taking, low impulse control and extroversion are traits which some people are more predisposed to crime
- Underclass socialisation (Murray)
- Perspectives of how to resolve crime
- Taking a zero-tolerance approach to crime
- Severe penalties for petty crimes will deter criminality
- E.g the three strike policy
- Causes of crime
- Left realist
- Right realist
- Causes of crime
- Underclass socialisation (Murray)
- Lack of nuclear family means that socialisation is less effective
- The generous revolution means more people love off of benefits and welfare which increases lone parent family structures
- Lack of male role models due to single mothers means that males commit crime
- Biological differences (Herrnstein and Wilson)
- Aggression, risk taking, low impulse control and extroversion are traits which some people are more predisposed to crime
- Biosocial theory
- Low IQ is the main cause of crime (Herrnstein and Murray)
- Aggression, risk taking, low impulse control and extroversion are traits which some people are more predisposed to crime
- Underclass socialisation (Murray)
- Perspectives of how to resolve crime
- Taking a zero-tolerance approach to crime
- Severe penalties for petty crimes will deter criminality
- E.g the three strike policy
- Causes of crime
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