Right Realism (New Right) explanations of crime and deviance

1. What are the four controls (Hirschi) and how do we get them and what does it imply?

Individualistic, Safety valve, Rebelism - Get them as get older so younger peole have less to lose so commit more crime - Imply that youth, ethinic minorities, underclass more criminal as lack controls
Attachment, Commitment, Belief, Involvement - Get them as get older so younger peole have less to lose so commit more crime - Imply that youth, ethinic minorities, underclass more criminal as lack controls
Ritualism, Retreatism, Conformism - Get them as get older so younger peole have less to lose so commit more crime - Imply that youth, ethinic minorities, underclass more criminal as lack controls

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Hirschi - Most people dont commit crime as have four controls in their lives that make the costs of punishment more than rewards (economic and personal gain)
Merton - Most people dont commit crime as have four controls in their lives that make the costs of punishment more than rewards (economic and personal gain)
Clarke - Most people dont commit crime as have four controls in their lives that make the costs of punishment more than rewards (economic and personal gain)

Jones - More crime when social control breaks down, incivilities (liter, vandalism) are kept low by others reaction, once that stops serious crime takes over - once one broken window in abandoned building, they all are
Wilson - More crime when social control breaks down, incivilities (liter, vandalism) are kept low by others reaction, once that stops serious crime takes over - once one broken window in abandoned building, they all are
Herrnstein - More crime when social control breaks down, incivilities (liter, vandalism) are kept low by others reaction, once that stops serious crime takes over - once one broken window in abandoned building, they all are

Compared zero tolerance programmes with more liberal approaches, found little difference on impact of negoaiting labels
Compared zero tolerance programmes with more liberal approaches, found little difference on impact of crime rates
Compared zero tolerance programmes with more liberal approaches, found alot of difference on impact of crime rates

Argues New Right thinking leads to gender inequalities in victimisation - women live in paranoid forrestresses with security so crime happens by and to men
Argues New Right thinking leads to class inequalities in victimisation - rich live in paranoid forrestresses with security so crime displaces to poorer less protected areas
Argues Right Realist thinking leads to class inequalities in victimisation - rich live in paranoid forrestresses with security so crime displaces to poorer less protected areas