Realist theories of crime essay
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- Created on: 17-06-17 09:38
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- Evaluate the contribution of realist theories in our understanding of crime and deviance
- Intro - right (practical policies reducing the first signs of crime), left (stopping the root causes of crime such a deprivation).
- Criticism of L&Y: Hughes - rely heavily on subcultural theory which has criticism itself, Jones - why do some suffer relative deprivation but do not turn to crime?
- Para 3: Wilson and rational choice theory, Wilson and Keiling - broken windows theory.
- Criticism of W&K: Matthews cited evidence to suggests fixing broken windows made no difference, Jones highlights it is less about keeping up appearances but lack of investment.
- Para 5: Charles Murray and underclass culture due to reliance on the state.
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