Lesson 03B1.4.2

03B1.4.2 Right-wing social policy on crime Quiz: OCR Sociology, Unit 8

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The 20 questions

  1. Which criminological perspective heavily influences right-wing social policies on crime reduction?

    • Marxism
    • Labeling theory
    • Left realism
    • Right realism

  2. Which key right realist theorists are associated with situational crime prevention?

    • Marx and Engels
    • Bowles and Gintis
    • Clarke and Wilson
    • Taylor and Walton

  3. What do right realists argue is the primary cause of criminal behaviour?

    • Biological and moral deficiency
    • Poverty and inequality
    • Capitalist exploitation
    • Subcultural strain

  4. Which policy approach focuses on reducing the physical opportunities for crime through target hardening?

    • Situational crime prevention
    • Administrative justice
    • Developmental intervention
    • Restorative justice

  5. What term describes making potential crime targets harder to access, such as fitting window locks?

    • Community policing
    • Social revitalisation
    • Offender rehabilitation
    • Target hardening

  6. Which policing strategy focuses on maintaining strict public order to prevent minor disorder escalating?

    • Community mediation
    • Multi-agency policing
    • Restorative conferencing
    • Zero tolerance

  7. Which famous right realist theory argues that unaddressed low-level disorder leads to serious crime?

    • Relative deprivation
    • Differential association
    • Subcultural strain
    • Broken windows

  8. What is the primary aim of right-wing custodial sentencing policies?

    • Community reintegration
    • Deterrence and incapacitation
    • Restorative healing
    • Social rehabilitation

  9. If a local council installs heavy-duty anti-climb fencing around an estate, which approach is being applied?

    • Situational crime prevention
    • Left realist intervention
    • Marxist social reform
    • Labeling intervention

  10. A police force arrests every person dropping litter or vandalising bus stops immediately. What is this called?

    • Restorative justice
    • Soft policing
    • Informal cautioning
    • Zero tolerance

  11. Which theory explains how ignoring minor vandalism leads to higher rates of serious crime?

    • Broken windows
    • Left realism
    • Labelling theory
    • Strain theory

  12. Which policy is being used when a judge hands down a lengthy mandatory prison sentence to protect the public?

    • Community service
    • Diversion scheme
    • Rehabilitation
    • Incapacitation

  13. What major sociological critique is frequently levelled against situational crime prevention strategies?

    • Class reproduction
    • Displacement
    • Bourgeois hegemony
    • Over-socialisation

  14. How do right-wing policies view the role of the nuclear family in preventing youth crime?

    • Essential for socialisation
    • Unnecessary institution
    • Cause of deviance
    • Source of patriarchy

  15. Which factor do right realists blame for a perceived breakdown in traditional social order and morality?

    • Corporate tax evasion
    • Generous welfare state
    • Industrial automation
    • Trade union strength

  16. What is a key limitation of zero tolerance policing in terms of community relations?

    • Damages police trust
    • Eliminates petty crime
    • Increases state spending
    • Reduces prison populations

  17. Why do critics argue right realist policies fail regarding criminality?

    • They are too lenient
    • They focus on symptoms
    • They overfund welfare
    • They ignore punishment

  18. Which concept suggests criminals make a calculated choice by weighing up risks and rewards?

    • Collective conscience
    • Rational choice
    • Determinist socialisation
    • Anomic strain

  19. What policy measure exemplifies right-wing attempts to increase the perceived costs of committing crime?

    • Decriminalisation
    • Community mediation
    • Harsher sentencing
    • Welfare expansion

  20. Which right-wing policy aims to deter offenders by increasing the certainty and severity of punishment?

    • Custodial sentencing
    • Restorative justice
    • Community service
    • Diversion schemes

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