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Realist theories of crime - Coggle Diagram
Realist theories of crime
Right realism
Solutions to crime
Wilson and Kelling - Orderly neighbourhoods
Zero tolerance policing
Target hardening
Evaluation
Causes of crime
Inadequate socialisation and the underclass
Murray
Rational choice
Clarke
Felson
Biological differences
Wilson and Hernstein
Overview
Practical solutions
Attitude to other theories
Left realism
Solutions to crime
Democratic policing
Public support
Police more accountable
Multi-agency approach
Reducing inequality
Cause of crime is social inequality
Structural changes
Causes of crime
Subcultures
Some subcultural solutions do not lead to crime
Blocked opportunities
Marginalisation
Relative deprivation
Media's materialistic message
Economic exclusion of the poor
Late modernity and crime
Destabilisation of family life
Crime found throughout society
Unemployment
Relative deprivation downwards
Less consensus
Public less tolerant
Evaluation
Overview
Criticisms of Neo-Marxists
Criticisms of labelling theory
Criticisms of Marxism
Differences with Marxism
Recognises main victims and disadvantaged groups
Similarities with Marxism
Recognises there has been a real increase in crime