Left Realism

Question 1

Left Realist Theorists

Answer 1

Lea and Young

Question 2

3 Causes of Crime

Answer 2

• Relative Deprivation
• Marginalisation
• Subcultures

Question 3

Relative deprivation

Answer 3

feeling deprived in comparison to others in society

Question 4

Marginalisation

Answer 4

those who lack organisations to represent their interests

Question 5

Subculture

Answer 5

collective solutions to group problems

Question 6

Square of Crime

Answer 6

Informed controls - fears of rejection are more likely to reduce crimes than the use of formal sanctions
Victims - concern for the consequences of crime
Offender - avoid romanticising criminal
State - is losing fight against crime and there is a loss of public confidence in police because of military style

Question 7

Solutions

Answer 7

• community policing
• community service
• community centres
• CCTV
• ethnic minority police officers

Question 8

Government Policy

Answer 8

Left Realists have had influence on policy – especially in New Labour

Tough on crime and the causes of crime (eg inequality / discrimination)

These ideas became part of the political manifestos at the time
They had an influence on politics

Question 9

Criticisms

Answer 9

• Hughes - failed to explain the causes of street
• Hughes - regurgitates subcultural theory
• Box - white collar crime cannot be understood
• Moore - regurgitates a lot of work already done