Media and Society (AQA A-Level Sociology): Flashcards
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Left realist approach to crime prevention
Left realist approach to crime prevention
Address root causes: poverty, social exclusion, lack of opportunities
Right realist approach to crime prevention
Right realist approach to crime prevention
Crime control through deterrence and opportunity reduction
SCCP definition
SCCP definition
Social and Community Crime Prevention targeting root causes
SCP definition
SCP definition
Situational Crime Prevention through target hardening measures
ECP definition
ECP definition
Environmental Crime Prevention using zero tolerance policies
Target hardening meaning
Target hardening meaning
Making crimes more difficult to commit by reducing opportunities
Displacement effect in crime prevention
Displacement effect in crime prevention
Criminals move to softer targets elsewhere instead of stopping
Three functions of punishment
Three functions of punishment
Deterrence, incapacitation, and rehabilitation
UK prison recidivism rate
UK prison recidivism rate
Two-thirds of prisoners reoffend
Panopticon concept (Foucault)
Panopticon concept (Foucault)
All-seeing prison where guards observe without being seen
Liquid surveillance (Bauman & Lyon)
Liquid surveillance (Bauman & Lyon)
Flexible, mobile surveillance expanding into multiple life areas
Positivist victimology focus (Miers)
Positivist victimology focus (Miers)
Interpersonal crimes of violence and victim contribution patterns
Critical victimology focus
Critical victimology focus
Structural inequalities and powerlessness, not individual traits
Highest violent crime victimisation age group
Highest violent crime victimisation age group
Young males aged 16-24
Mass incarceration (Garland)
Mass incarceration (Garland)
Era of dramatically increased prison populations since 1980s