... is that of, Criminals commit crimew based on a rational cost benifit calculus. This simply means if commiting a crime is going to benifit them in some way then it is less likely to seem so wrong and so influence their decision to carry out sais crime. New right criminology also holds to three more ideas about crime these fit in with the two intellectual views. Firstly there are constitutional or biological factors such as , maleness, youthfulness and treatment by society of these which makesa person more likely to commit a crime. Secondly, Presense or absence of enforcers, Such as family, scholl and society. This will also effe cc t a persons tendency towards crime. Lastly there is the nature of conscience. This being the degree of internalisation of law abiding behaviour. The factors mentioned here come from the writtings of Wilson and hernstein in 1985. They argue that ...

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