Right Realism and crime
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- Created on: 27-03-19 09:10
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- Right realism
- Attitudes to other theories
- Critical of labelling theory and critical criminology
- Too sympathetic to criminal
- Hostile to police and courts
- Critical of labelling theory and critical criminology
- Practical solutions
- Control and punishment
- Rather than rehabilitation or tackling causes such as poverty
- Control and punishment
- Causes of crime
- Reject structural/ economic factors are the cause
- e.g the old tend to be poor however have a very low crime rate
- Crime is product of three factors
- Biological differences
- Rational choice
- The underclass
- Reject structural/ economic factors are the cause
- Solutions to crime
- Wilson and Kelling
- Zero tolerance policy
- Police should focus on controlling the streets so law abiding citizens feel safe
- We must keep neighbourhoods orderly to prevent crime
- Zero tolerance policy
- Crime prevention policies should reduce the rewards of crime and increase its cost
- e.g target hardening and increase use of prison
- Zero tolerance policies allow police to discriminate against ethnic minorities
- Wilson and Kelling
- Criticisms
- Ignores the structural causes of crime e.g. poverty
- Concerned solely with street crime
- Young argues crime was already falling before zero tolerance was introduced
- Attitudes to other theories
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