right realism

• right realists

  • have conservative political outlook
  • see crime ,especially street crime, as a growing problem
  • mainly concerned with practical solutions to reduce crime
  • best way to reduce crime is through control and punishment
• causes of crime

  Reject Marxist view that factors such as poverty are the cause of crime. Instead, they argue that crime is the product of three factors Biological differences, inadequate socialisation and offending is a rational choice
• Biological differences between individuals

  Wilson and Herrnstein

  • biological differences make some individuals more likely to commit crime
  • in their view personality traits associated with criminality, such as aggressiveness, risk-taking or low intelligence are innate
• inadequate socialisation

  • effective socialisation can reduce the chances of someone offending.
  • right realists see the nuclear family as the best agency for socialisation
• offending is a rational choice

  • assumes that we are rational beings with free will
  • committing crime is based off rational choice and if the rewards of the crime appear to outweigh the risks people will be more likely to offend
  • Argue that crime rate is high because the perceived that costs of crime are low