Crime Prevention Strategies

Right realism's policy on crime, law and order is tough: it advocates _________________, hence the notion of zero tolerance

Strong public punishments

Although characteristics of the 80s and early 90s Conservative government it has recently continued with some New Labour policies eg…

ASBOs, curfews, electronic tagging and parenting orders

Sentences in the 80s were ___________, more recently it has been suggested that parole is to be made _______________

Lengthened

More difficult to obtain

And the Conservative government introduced a massive programme of _______________ through the 1980s

Prison building

The law is essentially seen as a back up to social control via the community eg. ‘__________________’

Neighbourhood Watch

Thus right realists belive that the state must tackle crime by making the costs to the _____________________ rather than tackle the causes of crime

Criminal outweigh the benefits