Right Realism AO3

• +Has been very influential in shaping policy, especially in neoliberal governments.
• +Is focused on practical methods rather than theoretical ones - e g. attempts to reduce crime like the Zero Tolerance policy in NYC.
• +Flood-Page found that male children from single-parent families were more likely to offend.
• -Too focused on crime statistics, which necessarily focus on the kinds of crimes which are recorded.
• -Ignores structural causes of crime e.g, inequality and assumes the individual is always at fault.
• -Doesn't explain white-collar crime.