Policies sociological

• Zero tolerance

  • stems from right realism
  • no crime is accepted
  • originating in NYC, demands all crimes are acted upon no matter how trivial they are
  • has been used in the UK in King’s Cross London, Hartlepool and Middlesbrough.
  • Link to Broken window theory
• Penal populism

  • stems from right realism
  • tougher penalties popular with the public and therefore they offered support
  • prison has 2 functions: incapacitation - criminals are in able of harming public, deterrence - criminals think twice before offending.
  • Conservatives brought in Crime Act, which introduced mandatory minimum sentences for repeat offender such as automatic life sentences for a second serious sexual or violent offence
  • Tony Blair’s New Labour Government cam to power Promising ‘tough on crime’ and ’tough on the causes of crime’, introduced measures such as ASBOs and curfews.
• CCTV

  • prison guards can observe inmates without the prisoners knowing whether they were being watched
  • Foucault argues that this leads prisoners to monitor and regulate their own behaviour