Crime and Deviance Recap so far!

Who is the key sociologists associated with Right Realism?

• Lea and Young

• Wilson and Kelling

• Robert Merton

• Phillips and Bowling

Zero Tolerance is a key term associated with...

• Right Realism

• Left Realism

Who argues that there is a 'myth of black criminality'?

• Stuart Hall

• Paul Gilroy

• Lea and Young

• Sharp and Budd

Which TWO of these criticisms is about Right Realism?

• Relative deprivation cannot fully explain crime as not all those who experience deprivation will commit crime

• Their use of subcultural theory means that they assume a value consensus exists and crime occurs when this breaks down

• Zero tolerance and target hardening just lead to displacement of crime to other areas

• It ignores wider structural causes such as poverty

Who are the key sociologists associated with Left Realism?

• Bowles and Gintis

• Wilson and Kelling

• Lea and Young

• Phillips and Bowling

Which TWO of these are an example of a primary green crime?

• State violence against oppositional groups

• Crimes of air pollution

• Hazardous waste and organised crime

• Crimes of deforestation

Who said the quote 'ethnic minorities are over-policed and under-protected'?

• Paul Gilroy

• Stuart Hall

• The Macpherson Report

• Phillips and Bowling

Which of these best explains Stuart Halls' study, 'Policing the Crisis'?

• The 1970's saw a moral panic over black 'muggers' that served the needs of capitalism (which was in trouble in the 1970s) by diverting public attention away from the economic problems onto perceived fears about a rising 'mugging' rate.

• Ethnic minority crime can be seen as a form of political resistance against a racist society and this resistance has its roots in earlier struggles against British imperialism.

Which of these causes of crime would a Right Realist agree with?

• Biological differences

• Relative deprivation

• Rational Choice Theory

• Socialisation and the underclass

Which of the following would a Neo-Marxist agree with about the relationship between ethnicity and criminalisation?

• The statistics are a social construct resulting from racist labelling and discrimination in the criminal justice system

• The statistics on crime and ethnicity represent real differences in rates of offending