Realist views

Question 1

Lea and Young

Answer 1

Left realists
Marginalisation
subcultures
relative deprivation

Question 2

evaluation of lea and young

Answer 2

Interactionists - doesnt explain the motives due to reliance on quantative data

Assumes that there is a value consensus

Not everyone who experiences relative deprivation goes onto commit crimes because of it

Unrepresentative - High crime inner city areas - makes it seem like a bigger issue than it actually is

Question 3

Murray

Answer 3

RIGHT REALIST
Socialisation and the underclass - boys turning to anti social behaviour becuase they dont have a father figure/no suitable role model which can cause crime

Question 4

Wilson and Hernstien

Answer 4

RIGHT REALISTS
Biological differences

Question 5

Ron Clarke

Answer 5

RIGHT REALIST
Rational choice theory

Question 6

Wilson and Kelling

Answer 6

RIGHT REALIST
Zero tolerance/broken windows/target hardening

Question 7

evaluation of right realists

Answer 7

Ignores wider structural causes of crime - captialism
Overstate rationality of criminals - doesnt explain violent or impulsive crime
Contradictory between biosocial theory and rational choice
Doesn’t explain white collar crime/corporate crime