Realism

Cards (4)

  • What do realists concentrate on?

    Crimes which the public fear the most such as street crime e.g. mugging and violence
  • What do realist criminologists say that feminists, Marxists and neo Marxists ideas are?

    To abstract
  • What are some similarities between LR and RR?

    Both are political theories, both look at solutions to crime, both are positivist approaches through using official statstics, both focus on the WC and ignore MC crime, and both show concern for the victims of crime
  • What are some differences of LR and RR?

    LR look at the underlying causes of crime, whereas RR focus on the control and detterance. RR blame the individual for crime whereas LR blames the structured inequality in society. LR are socialists, whereas RR are new right conservatives