Control, Punsiment And Victims Flashcards
Miers
Factors such as homelessness cause some individuals or groups to be more likely a victim
Walklate
Victimisation form of structural powerlessness E.g. patriarchy places women at greater risk
Tombs and Whyte
Victim is a social construct, CJS applies label to victims.
Clarke
Situational crime prevention - approach focused on reducing opportunities to commit crime
Displacement
Spatial - moving crime elsewhere
Temporal - different times
Wilson and Kelling
Broken window theory - fixing problems such as broken windows can lead to a reduction in further broken windows
Wilson and Kelling
Zero-tolerance - police crack down on any disorder such as graffiti
Social and community crime prevention
Perry pre school project - educational program for black young disadvantaged group in order to reduce criminality in future
Surveillance
Monitoring of public behaviour E.g. thorough use of CCTV
Foucault
Sovereign power - monarch absolute power over people, control asserted by inflicting visible punishment on body
Disciplinary power - system in order to govern mind soul and body.
Punishment reduction
Deterrence - pushing individuals to discourage them from crime again
Rehab - reform or change offenders so they no longer offend E.g. educational courses