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Right Realists |
* Emphasise the individual
* Believe that the benefits outweight the cost of crime
* Society needs to increase the cost of crime to stop it |
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Left realists |
* Focus on the organisation of society
* Try to decrase inequalities, disadvantages and poverty |
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James Wilson RIGHT REALIST |
* Crime is caused by anti-social behaviour eg vandalism, graffiti and drugs
* If this criminal behaviour is tolerated/accepted, an 'anything goes' attitude develops
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Broken window thesis; developed by Wilson |
The window is broken by crime, if there is no social control and criminal behaviour is tolerated, the window remains broken and crime increases
No social control -- criminals lose their sense of belonging -- increase in crim -- damaged society |
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Relative deprivation theory |
The theory states that people who are deprived of something eg education, luxury possesions, material things that they think they have a right to can feel frustrated and resort to crime to get these things. |
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Berkowitz 1972 |
Frustration can cause aggression, causing violent and criminal behaviour |
