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6. What envrionmental solutions does Wilson suggest?

  • Any sign or decline (broken windows, graffiti) must be fixed immediatley or detoriates, No pulblic buildings exceed 3 floors & residents take responsibility for communal spaces, police can tackle only serious crime again
  • Any sign or decline (broken windows, graffiti) must be fixed immediatley or detoriates, No pulblic buildings exceed 3 floors & residents take responsibility for communal spaces, police tackle all types of crimes and disorder
  • Any sign or decline (broken windows, graffiti) must be fixed immediatley by offender or detoriates, No pulblic buildings exceed 3 floors & residents take responsibility for communal spaces, police tackle only incivilities

7. What is Matthews evaluation of Wilson?

  • Influencital as zero tolerance policing taken up in USA only so cant aply to UK, little evidence that toleranting invicilities led to increase in crime, other way round
  • Influencital as zero tolerance policing taken up in UK & USA, little evidence that tolerating invicilities led to increase in crime, other way round
  • Influencital as zero tolerance policing taken up in UK, no evidence that tolerating invicilities led to increase in crime, other way round

8. What are other ways of increasing the costs of crime?

  • Methodone for drug addicts while decrease in heroin price will deter tthe better ones, keep communities strong so criminals disgraced
  • Methodone for drug addicts while increase in heroin price will deter them, keep communities strong so criminals disgraced
  • Cola for alcoholics while increase in heroin price will deter them, keep communities strong so criminals dont need gangs for support

9. Does Wilson believe crime is rational and what to do about it?

  • Yes, if benefits outweigh costs then choose to commit crime, more police and harsher sentences have massive impact, Certain and quick penalties are ineffective, other measures as well
  • Yes, if benefits outweigh costs then choose to commit crime, more police and harsher sentences only have litmited impact, Certain and quick penalties are effective, other measures as well
  • No,violent crimes arent thought out as due to drugs and alcohol, more police and harsher sentences only have litmited impact, Certain and quick penalties are effective, other measures as well

10. What are other evaluative points of retributive justice?

  • Ignores poverty as cause of crime, some punishment seen as status symbol eg ASBOs, Neglects corporate crime
  • Ignores poverty as cause of deviance, some punishment seen as status symbol eg Life Sentence, Neglects occupational crime
  • Ignores racism as cause of crime, some punishment seen as status symbol eg ASBOs, Neglects corporate deviance

11. What is the evaluation of Incarceration?

  • Scale of imprsionment hasnt lowered crime rate, unis of crime, expensive, warehouses, do try to rehabilitate just unsuccesful, prisons reinforce patterns of crime, lots of prisoners shouldnt be there as drug addicts or mentally ill need help
  • Scale of imprsionment hasnt lowered crime rate, unis of crime, expensive, warehouses, dont try to rehabilitate, prisons reinforce patterns of crime, lots of prisoners shouldnt be there as drug addicts or mentally ill need help
  • Scale of imprsionment has lowered crime rate, unis of crime, expensive, warehouses, dont try to rehabilitate, prisons reinforce patterns of crime, lots of prisoners shouldnt be there as drug addicts or mentally ill need help

12. Where is broken windows liekly to occur?

  • If little sense of community or neighbourhood as formal controls are strong but inofrmal social controls are weak, poeple feel scared, move away, police target more serious crime
  • If little sense of community or neighbourhood as both formal and inofrmal social controls are weak, poeple feel scared, move away, police target more serious crime
  • If large sense of community or neighbourhood only the small crimes (incivilities) go unchallenged, poeple feel scared, move away, police target more serious crime

13. What do Kellong and Wilson controversially believe?

  • That it's a waste of valuable rsources to put much effort into any area as only strong communities can deter criminality
  • That it's a waste of valuable rsources to put much effort into worst inner city areas, once broken down police cant restore order through arrests, should keep hopeful areas safe
  • That it's a waste of valuable resources to put much effort into hopeful areas as only strong communities can deter criminality

14. Which theorists outline how to avoid communities collasping and how?

  • Kelling & Wilson - Broken windows, If residents feel order is maintained they will report and discourage incivilities, informal social controls effective at dettering, police keep streets safe
  • Jones & Wilson - Broken windows, If residents feel order is maintained they will report and discourage incivilities, informal social controls effective at dettering, police keep streets safe
  • Murray & Wilson - Broken windows, If residents feel order is maintained they will report and discourage incivilities, informal social controls effective at dettering, police keep streets safe

15. What is the SCP solution?

  • Security Crime Prevention - Increasing oppurtunities for crime, encourages potential criminals to make themselves easy targets using security, more chance of being caught, deters criminals
  • Situational Crime Prevention - reducing oppurtunities for crime, encurages potential victims to make themselves harder targets using security, more chance of being caught, deters criminals
  • Social Crime Prevention - reducing oppurtunities for crime, encurages potential victims to make themselves harder targets using security, more chance of being caught, deters criminals

16. KEEP GOING....!!!!?!

  • Right realists argue prison lowers crime by taking criminals off streets, Tarling take 25% increase in prison pop to get 1% reduction in crime, Matthews = prison reduces individual's criminality, most grow out of crime&imprsionment
  • Left realists argue prison lowers crime by taking criminals off streets, Tarling take 25% increase in prison pop to get 1% reduction in crime, Matthews = prison reduces individual's criminality, most grow out of crime&imprsionment
  • Right realists argue prison lowers crime by taking criminals off streets, Tarling take 25% increase in prison pop to get 1% reduction in crime, Matthews = prison reduces individual's criminality, most grow into crime&imprsionment

17. What is the third solution?

  • Retributive justice and incarceration (imprisonment)
  • Restorative justice and incarceration (imprisonment)
  • Retrobutive justice and incarceration (imprisonment)

18. What is the Broken Windows solution and who said it?

  • Wilson -Incivitlites cause crime, if allowed then areas become bad where crime is accpetable, like a broken window in abandoned building
  • Jones -Incivitlites cause crime, if allowed then areas become bad where crime is accpetable, like a broken window in abandoned building
  • The SCP -Incivitlites cause crime, if allowed then areas become bad where crime is accpetable, like a broken window in abandoned building

19. Which two sociologists evaluate SCP and how?

  • Rex & Tominlinson - Only displaces crime not reduce it, criminals just move to easier target areas
  • Felson & Clarke - Only displaces crime not reduce it, criminals just move to easier target areas
  • Tomlinson & Clarke - Only displaces crime not reduce it, criminals just move to easier target areas

20. What does Wilson believe about crime?

  • Not due to poverty as 60's USA had major anti-poverty schemes but had increase in crime, many poor people (old&sick) dont commit crime so povety isnt cause
  • Due to poverty as 60's USA had major poverty and had increase in crime, few poor people (old&sick) dont commit crime so povety is cause
  • Not just due to poverty as 60's USA had major anti-poverty schemes but had increase in crime, many poor people (old&sick) dont commit crime so povety isnt only cause