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their views:

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accept the ‘typical criminal’ arguing that although attitudes are flawed, they do reflect real crime

share a concern about the ‘corrosive effects which crime can have on communities’ e.g. effects on victims

they challenge traditional theories for being too remote and offering no practical solutions