Right Realism Unit 2 Crim

What do right realists say

That crime is a product of three factors, Biological differences, Inadequate Socialisation and the underclass, rational choice theory

What does Biological difference mean

Wilson and Hermstein say that crime is caused by a combinations of biological and social factors

People are inately more strong predisposed to commit crime and have personality traits like aggression and low intelligence that are biologically determined

Main cause of crime is low intelligence

What does Biological difference mean

Wilson and Hermstein say that crime is caused by a combinations of biological and social factors

People are inately more strong predisposed to commit crime and have personality traits like aggression and low intelligence that are biologically determined

Main cause of crime is low intelligence

What does inadequate socialisation and the underclass mean

biological reasons may increase the chance of offending, effective socialisation decreased this since its involves self control and learning right and wrong

believe that the best agency of socialisation is the nuclear family

What is the Rational Choice theory

Individuals have free will and the power to commit crime

Clarke says that peiole think about the likely consequences of their actions when they commit crime

If rewards outweigh costs then the individual may commit crime

What is a strength of right realism

Several studies support RCT

Rectified gave students a scenario of an opportunity to commit crime the degree of punishment determined weather to commit crime

What is a strength of right realism

Explains opportunistic petty crimes like theft

What is a strength of right realism

Feldman found that people made rational decisions, if reward was high and the risk was low

What is a weakness of right realism

Ignores poverty and only focuses on petty crimes

What is a weakness of Right Realsim

Bennett and Wright studied unsuccessful burglars, don’t know if successful burglars think the same way

What is a weakness of Right Realism

Rettig and Wrught studies were experiments results may not apply to a real offender

What polices were made from right realsim

Situational crime prevention (SCP)

Environmental crime prevention

Penal populism and imprisonment

What is situational crime prevention (SCP)

Aim to reduce the opportunities for crime by increasing the risk or difficulty of committing crime

Based on the idea that offences act rationally, weigh up the risks and rewards

includes targeting hardening measures like re shaping the environment to design crime out

Is Situational crime prevention (SCP)

effective

One problem is displacement, when criminals find a target hard to crack they will move onto an easier one

Can result in more vulnerable people being victimised more

What is environmental crime prevention

Wilson and kellings ‘broken window’, disorderly neighbourhood sends out a message

A zero tolerance policing (ZTP)

zero crime tolerance stance towards crime, police should concentrate on talking quality of life offences

Is environmental crime prevention effective

crime fell in new york after ZTP was introduced

Can lead to targeting of ethnic minority due to police racism