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RIGHT
REALIST PREVENTION
Murray
believed that strong
social bonds
prevent deviance
RIGHT
REALIST PREVENTION
ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME PREVENTION
Parents
responsibility
Neighbourhood
watch schemes
Removing
anti-social
behaviour
Supervision
of offenders
Adapting
zero-tolerance
policy
Heavier
policing
and more
arrests
Fast
track punishment
RIGHT
REALIST PREVENTION
BROKEN WINDOWS THEORY
1989 Operation Enforcement
cleaned the underground
RIGHT
REALIST PREVENTION
BROKEN WINDOWS THEORY
- Lack of care suggests that deviant norms are tolerated
RIGHT
REALIST PREVENTION
ZERO
TOLERANCE POLICY LIMITATIONS
- Uses a lot of resources and is very expensive. They could use the money on more serious crimes
RIGHT
REALIST PREVENTION
Focuses on control,
containment
and
punishment
by using policies to reduce risk and reward and increase costs of crime by using it as a deterrent
RIGHT
REALIST PREVENTION
LIMITATIONS
- Ignores
white
collar crime
Ignores
impulsive
crime
Prioritises
punishment
and deterrents over the
root
cause of crime
Does not address
social
and
economic
factors of crime
LEFT
REALIST PREVENTION
COMMUNITY BASED APPROACHED -
Young
and
Matthews
(1992)
LEFT
REALIST PREVENTION
COMMUNITY
BASED
APPROACHED
Improving
leisure
facilities for young
Reducing income
inequalities
Raising living standards of
poorer
families
Reducing
unemployment
and creating more
jobs
with better prospects
LEFT
REALIST PREVENTION
SOCIAL CRIME RPEVENTION
Formal social
control -
Police, government
make
laws
to deter people from committing crime
Informal social
control -
Agencies
stop us from committing crime
Offenders
- Understanding their
motivations
and whether or not they feel
marginalised
may prevent
future crimes
Victims
- How likely people are to become victims and how to decrease that likelihood
LEFT
REALIST PREVENTION
LIMITATIONS
:
They are too
soft
on
crime
Does not consider how most people living in deprived areas do not turn to
crime
Ignores
white collar
and
co-operate
crime
Neighbourhood policing
may be seen as
extensive
control
FUNCTIONALIST
PUNISHMENT
Retributive Justice
- When an offender commits a crime, they should be punished in a way which is
proportional
to the offense
Restorative Justice
- Repairs harm by providing
opportunities
SENTENCING
There are five aims to sentencing according to the
Criminal Justice
Act (2003)
Crime reduction
- Using punishment as a
deterrent
Rehabilitation - Criminals who are rehabilitated are
less
likely to reoffend
Public Protection - Removing offenders from the
streets
protects the public
Restorative Justice - Actively doing something to make up for the
harm
offenders caused (Community Service)
PUNISHMENTS
Conviction
- A formal declaration by a jury following the decision of a judge in court
Caution
- Is not a criminal conviction and is a formal warning in response to a minor crime
Discharge
- When a court finds you guilty but does not give a sentence
Custodial Sentence
- Imprisonment for a period of time
On license
- Being set free but with certain conditions such as tagging or set hours of unpaid work