Left realism

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What political stance does Left realism have ?

  • Socialist stance

  • Progressive ideas to tackle the causes of crime

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What are 3 things that left realists argue cause crime ?

  • Marginalisation

  • Relative deprivation

  • subcultural formation

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What are left realists main argument about the cause of crime ?

  • Social inequality

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Marginalisation ?

  • Lea and young argue that a large cause of crime is marginalisation

  • working class and minority ethnic groups face social exclusion, and therefore lack opportunities to succeed

  • This limits their opportunities for education and becoming employed, meaning they turn to crime

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Relative deprivation ?

  • Proposed by lea and young to cause crime

  • when individuals perceive themselves to be financially disadvantaged compared to others

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What is relative deprivation a result of ?

  • The media advertising and spreading messages that individuals need material possessions

  • working class people believe they will never be able to afford the lifestyle that the media portrays (no matter how hard they work) so turn to crime to achieve it