Left and Right Realism Test Questions with Answers
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Left and Right Realism
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Left And Right Realism
Left and Right Realism Test Questions with Answers
What is right realism and how and why did it originate? (4) - Answer--strong link between the new right and right realism
-both believe that individuals are responsible for their own actions and should take responsibility for themselves
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What is right realism and how and why did it originate? (4) - Answer--strong link
between the new right and right realism
-both believe that individuals are responsible for their own actions and should take
responsibility for themselves
-believe that people are naturally selfish and will commit crime for their own personal
gain if they feel they can get away with it
-say people commit crime based on a rational choice where an individual assesses the
risk of getting caught
If they feel they are unlikely to get caught, they will commit the crime.
What do right realists believe are the causes of crime? (3) - Answer-Biology
Socialisation
Rational choice
What do right realists believe are the causes (expanded) to crime? (2) - Answer--Wilson
and Hernstein believe that some people are born more predisposed to commit more
crime
-Murray claims that the breakdown of families e.g. lack of male role models leads to
young children to commit more crimes
What do right realists believe are the solutions to crime? (5) - Answer-Broken Windows
- improving the environment - Murray's theory - if people care for the environment there
is less reason to commit crime
More police on streets - criminals more likely to be caught, frequent patrolling
More CCTV - used as a deterrent, helps catch criminals so they can be punished
Harsher Punishments - heavier fines, heavier prison sentences, people less likely to
commit crime if there is more risk of going to prison
Zero tolerance - 3 strikes and out in the USA, decrease in repeat offenders, the same
sentence for everyone, no special treatment
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