Right Realism & Crime
- Created by: Sam
- Created on: 08-03-15 19:42
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2. In broken windows theory, rowdiness needed to be challenged or vandalism would increase. But what was controversially argued within this theory?
- No effort should be put into inner-city areas where crime is too bad, so police need to focus on places where there is 'still hope
- Broken windows is no longer an appropriate name for the theory, as windows can't be broken nowadays.
- The police were accused of 'helping' vandals by ignoring all crime.
- It was argued that the rowdiness can be unchallenged, as vandalism does decrease typically after a year or so.
3. People are born with a predisposition against crime and if parents don't teach children norms and values, they may commit crime - according to who?
- Wilson & Hernstein
- Clarke
- Wilson
- Kelling
4. Murray argues that the rise of the underclass is caused by what?
- The generosity of the welfare state.
- The lack of female role models within a family.
- Easy access to unhealthy fastfood chains.
- Children spending too much time in education, as they don't gain a greater experience of reality.
5. A criticism of SCP is that it can create a new type of social inequality, as poor can't afford surveillance, so would be more vulnerable to crime. Who argues this?
- Teleologists
- Functionalists
- Marxists
- New Right
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