Criminology: Classicist And Possibl Realist Theory
P3- Unit 31 Criminology.
Within criminology there different theoretical theories which affect the way the crime is explained. These are classicist and positivist, realist and interactionist theory.
Classism: Each person has the intelligence to make a sensibly choose between committing a crime or not by suggesting that everyone has control over their own actions this means whenever someone commits a crime they are immediately and fault. Classism suggests human intelligence allows us to make a rational decision and know what's right from wrong it believes that individuals weigh out pros and cons before deciding to commit a crime allowing them to decide accordingly whether or not commit a crime this view does not believe that crimes committed by those who are mentally disabled. Though this theory encourages fair punishment as it believes in equal punishment for rich and poor people as well as that the punishment should fit the crime but be the least …show more content…
Left and right realism; Left realism demonstrated by Lea and Young who have a marxist approach suggesting crime is a result of a capitalist society and criminals should be seen as a victim of crime they have three main points to explain this view, relative deprivation where people look at people who lead more affluent life styles and compare themselves to making them feel poor when they are not. Marginalisation which suggests that certain areas of the population are more likely to suffer from economic, social and political deprivation. Finally is subcultures which are formed by people suffering from relative deprivation and marginal. Whereas right realism suggests that if one member of a subculture show signs as deviant behaviour then it is likely that you will find others who also act deviantly because the right realism theorists believe that no one is born with deviant behaviour but learns in through primary socialisation with people who share their
Within criminology there different theoretical theories which affect the way the crime is explained. These are classicist and positivist, realist and interactionist theory.
Classism: Each person has the intelligence to make a sensibly choose between committing a crime or not by suggesting that everyone has control over their own actions this means whenever someone commits a crime they are immediately and fault. Classism suggests human intelligence allows us to make a rational decision and know what's right from wrong it believes that individuals weigh out pros and cons before deciding to commit a crime allowing them to decide accordingly whether or not commit a crime this view does not believe that crimes committed by those who are mentally disabled. Though this theory encourages fair punishment as it believes in equal punishment for rich and poor people as well as that the punishment should fit the crime but be the least …show more content…
Left and right realism; Left realism demonstrated by Lea and Young who have a marxist approach suggesting crime is a result of a capitalist society and criminals should be seen as a victim of crime they have three main points to explain this view, relative deprivation where people look at people who lead more affluent life styles and compare themselves to making them feel poor when they are not. Marginalisation which suggests that certain areas of the population are more likely to suffer from economic, social and political deprivation. Finally is subcultures which are formed by people suffering from relative deprivation and marginal. Whereas right realism suggests that if one member of a subculture show signs as deviant behaviour then it is likely that you will find others who also act deviantly because the right realism theorists believe that no one is born with deviant behaviour but learns in through primary socialisation with people who share their