Sociology Realism

Question 1

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Answer 1

P - triangle of crime - relative deprevation, marginalisation and subcultures
E - CSEW 2011 - “poorer households are more likely to be burgled”
E - Realist - Lea and Young - triangle of crime
Marxist - Box - law making favours the rich
L - Realism offers better explanation than Marxism

Question 2

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P - Capitalism doesn’t cause crime - individual
E - Blomberg - “29% of new stories reinforced benefit fraud”
E - Realists - Clarke - Rational Choice
Marxist - Gordon - Capitalism is criminogenic
L - Realism offers better explanation than Marxist

Question 3

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P - Underclass causes crime - Workshy
E - Farell - “middle classes are more likely to admit to tax fraud”
E - New Right - Murray - Underclass
Interactionist - Matza - Greed causes crime 
L -  Realism offers better explanation than interactionism

Question 4

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P - Crime is a choice - weigh up choices equally
E - MOJ 2017 - “74% of prosecutions were male, 20% were female”
E - Realists - Clarke - Zero tolerance policing
Marxists - Gordon - Reinforces working class Norms and Values
L - Realism offers better explanation than Marxism

Question 5

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Answer 5

P - Four Elements - the victim, the offender, the public and the state.
E - national audit database - “tax avoidance costs £34 billion per year”
E - Realist - Lea and Young - impact of crime
Functionalism - Durkheim- Anomie
L - Realism offers better explanation than Functionalism