Right Realism

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  • Created on: 23-12-17 14:58
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  • Right Realism
    • They believe there are 3 cause of crime
      • Biological differences
      • Inadequately socialised
      • Rational choice theory
    • Biological differences
      • Wilson & Hernstien
      • Crime is caused by a mixture of biological and social factors
      • Biological differences makes some people more likely to commit; such as personality traits
      • Extroversion & aggression make them loose control and act on impulse
    • Inadequately socialised
      • Children who are socialised inadequately have more risk of becoming offenders
      • Faulty socialisation means kids do not learn self-control meaning they don't internalise moral values of right and wrong
    • Rational Choice Theory
      • Constantly weighing up the cost and benefits of any action
      • Everyone has free will and power of reason
        • so if rewards outweigh costs/ consequences, someone may turn to crime
    • Criticisms
      • Tomlinson & Rex= reject the idea of an underclass.
        • They say the have the same aspirations as the rest of the population
      • They ignore wider structural causes of crime such as poverty and social exculsions

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