Realist approach to crime
- Created by: hollymason
- Created on: 11-04-17 17:03
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- Realist theories of crime
- Right
- New Right/ Conservative
- Supportive of functionalism
- Thatcher
- Crime is a big problem needing solutions
- Negative view of human nature; we are born to be egotistical, selfish and need control
- No control = more selfishness
- Rational choice theory
- Status frustration
- Bad socialisation
- Crime prevention: eradicate opportunities for crime
- New Right/ Conservative
- Left
- Reformist Socialists
- Focus on street crime
- See crime a real problem blaming the circumstance
- Look at social and economic differences
- Crime rate cannot be explained as stats are socially construct; focusing on black, male, wc
- Crime prevention: fix inequality, give jobs, improve housing
- Reformist Socialists
- Right
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