Right Realism

• Right realism

  Sees crime as a real problem that undermines social cohesion and threatens society. Offer practical solutions to the problem of rising crime.
• Right realism causes of crime

  -biological differences

  -socialisation and the underclass

  -rational choice theory
• Broken Window Theory (Wilson)


  unless incivilities (litter, graffiti etc) kept minimal, more serious crimes will follow.

  Zero tolerance policies
• Zero Tolerance to 'clean car program'


  tube cars taken out of service until cleaned if graffiti is on it. Reduced the graffiti in subways
• Rational Choice Theory


  Clarke and Coleman - active choice to commit crime based on whether the benefits outweigh the cost

  solution = increase the cost of crime
• Anti-Sociological Criminology


  oppose connections between crime and poverty.

  Extending welfare state, lack of discipline and decline of traditional families are key to increased crime.
• Biological causes of crime


  Wilson and Herrnstein - biosocial theory

  Biological differences make some people more predisposition to commit crime e.g. traits such as aggression, risk taking, low intelligence, low impulse control
• Socialisation and the underclass


  Charles Murrey- failure to socialise children and the over generosity of the welfare state.

  Lone mothers inadequately socialise boys and they turn to delinquent role models to gain status due to the lack of a male role model.