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Mind Map by Sarah Mather, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Sarah Mather
almost 12 years ago
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Right Realists and Crime
- Key
Theoriests/concepts
- Wilson and Hernstein (1985)
- Wilson and Kellings
(1982)
- Hans Eysenck (1970)
- Hernstein and Murray
(1984)
- Clarke (1985)
- Wilson and Hernstein (1985)
- Political ideals
- Right wing, odeology, law/order/wekfare, crime is a
serious problem that undermines social stability.
- Other theories fail to offer realistic solutions to
tackle c+d
- Right wing, odeology, law/order/wekfare, crime is a
serious problem that undermines social stability.
- BIOLOGICAL DIFFERENCES
- Wilson and Herstein (1985) argue that biological
differences mean that some people are innately
pre-disposed to commit crime. Hans Eyesnck (1970)
asserts that research on prisoners shown that most were
extrovert. Similarly, Hernstein and Murray (1984) argue
that crime may be due to low intelligence = biologically
determined.
- Wilson and Herstein (1985) argue that biological
differences mean that some people are innately
pre-disposed to commit crime. Hans Eyesnck (1970)
asserts that research on prisoners shown that most were
extrovert. Similarly, Hernstein and Murray (1984) argue
that crime may be due to low intelligence = biologically
determined.
- SOCIALISATION AND THE UNDERCLASS
- Charles Murray (New Right) believes that faulty
socialisation and the underclass are the root
cause of crime e.g. single parent families. The
nuclear family is the BEST sort of family hwoever
we have a growing underclass in the West e.g.
UK and USA who fail to adequately socialise
children.
- Charles Murray (New Right) believes that faulty
socialisation and the underclass are the root
cause of crime e.g. single parent families. The
nuclear family is the BEST sort of family hwoever
we have a growing underclass in the West e.g.
UK and USA who fail to adequately socialise
children.
- RATIONAL CHOICE
- People make a conscious
decision to CHOOSE to
commit crime
- People make a conscious
decision to CHOOSE to
commit crime
- SOLUTIONS
- Crime is an evil that requires a strong
response that other theories faith to
recognise. Wilson and Kellings argue that we
should maintain orderly character of
neighbourhoods which was implemented in
New York, zero tolerance, lack of graffiti,
target hardening (situational crime
preventation), deterrence e.g. Thatcher's
Short sharp shocl regime in YOI's (1980's),
surveillance
- Crime is an evil that requires a strong
response that other theories faith to
recognise. Wilson and Kellings argue that we
should maintain orderly character of
neighbourhoods which was implemented in
New York, zero tolerance, lack of graffiti,
target hardening (situational crime
preventation), deterrence e.g. Thatcher's
Short sharp shocl regime in YOI's (1980's),
surveillance
- Strengths
- More realistic, crime is a real problem to be
solved, punishes undesireable behaviour e.g.
alcoholism/begging via zero tolerance policing,
target hardening maximises deterrence, 50%
crime reduction in NYC
- More realistic, crime is a real problem to be
solved, punishes undesireable behaviour e.g.
alcoholism/begging via zero tolerance policing,
target hardening maximises deterrence, 50%
crime reduction in NYC
- Weaknesses
- Sefl contradictory e.g. how can crime be a
rational choice if its also biologically
determined? Ignores structural causes of
crime such as poverty, overstates the
offenders rationality and how far benefits way
up the costs - most do not think about this,
moreover biological differences only account
for 3% of crimes committed, zero tolderance
merely replaces crime and it ignores powerful
crimes.
- Sefl contradictory e.g. how can crime be a
rational choice if its also biologically
determined? Ignores structural causes of
crime such as poverty, overstates the
offenders rationality and how far benefits way
up the costs - most do not think about this,
moreover biological differences only account
for 3% of crimes committed, zero tolderance
merely replaces crime and it ignores powerful
crimes.
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