Right Realist Theories of Crime and Deviance - Wilson | A Level Sociology

welcome to this T to you sociology topic video looking at right realist theories of crime and deviance focusing on the work of James Q Wilson James Q Wilson is one of the more influential voices in the development of right realist criminology with his volume of work and his collaborations with other right realists place him at

the Forefront of right realist thinking he collaborated with both George kellings on broken windows Theory and later with hearin focusing on biological reasons for criminality prior to these collaborations Wilson was also influential in developing rational Choice Theory as an explanation for crime and in this video we're going to look at these contributions in more

detail in rational Choice Theory Wilson suggested that criminals made rational decisions to commit crime he suggested that individuals weigh up the risks and rewards of their actions to come to a logical conclusion about whether or not to commit crime for Wilson if the rewards outweigh the risks of being caught and the punishment received then

people would be more likely to commit crime it was these ideas that influence many different crime prevention strategies most notably the use of harsher sentencing and environmental crime prevention now in contemporary Society we can apply the concept of rational choice to the UK government's approach in policing coid regulations in the initial guidance at

the beginning of March lockdown people were threatened with small fines of £50 and then £100 for not adhering these regulations for many people this would be seen as a low risk particularly given the spread of the pandemic the impacts on their perceived freedoms and the lack of resources available to police the guidelines however more recent guidance