Left Ralism Flashcards
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Left realist accusation of other theory
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- Marx to focus on corporate crime
- new Marxist romanticise crime eg Robin Hood
- label - see criminal victims of labels
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Aetiological crisis - young
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- known as crises in explanation eg theory like labelling deny grow of w/c crime real
- left realist argue it is too great to be constructed, more crimes reported because there are more victims
- taking crime seriously, recognise who is most affected
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Causes of crime Lea and young
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- relative deprivation
- marginalisation
- subculture
4
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Relative dep
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- there is not a direct link between deprivation and crime eg , poverty in 1930 high but crime was low but 1950 living standards were high and crime was high
- runcimans
- people now better off but more aware of what they lack - media and advertising
5
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Runciman concept
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- relative deprivation is how deprived someone feels in comparison to others
- lead to crime when people resent others for unfairly having more
6
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Young individualism and relative deprivation
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- crime not directly cause by rd ,
- individualism is the concern f9r one’s self and rights
- ## causes crime through the persuit of self intrest at expense of others
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Subculture
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- left realist draw on merteron akcohen ect especially group reaction to collective failure of mainstream goal
- subculture collect solution of relative deprivation
- different groups different subculture reaction- webeber theodicy of disprivellage
8
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Pryce
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Identified several subculture within Bristol black community
These include saints of Pentecostal church goes
- hard working law abiding group collective self aided them with life in a racist society
9
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Young
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- criminal subscriber to mainstream value , materialism consumerism
- neibour hood in USA subscribe to America dream - bmw gucci Nikes
- oppertunity to acess dream legitimately is blocked - lead to street crime
10
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Marginalisation
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- marg group lack clear goal and organisation to rep group
- worker have org and goal to put pressure on, no need to resort to violence
- unemploymed youth marg group no org no goals - resentment and frustration
- express frustration through criminal means
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Late modern society
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- young at a stage of late modern society where there is instability insecurity exclusion - making crime worse
- 1950 -60 stability security- general consensus of right and wrong
- 1970 unskilled jobs de industrialisations- destabilise family ,new right reduce spending increase exclusion of those at Bott in
12
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Falling crime rate
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- 2nd aitelogical crisis
- 1990 crime no longer a major threat
- since crime social construction continues to be threat
- 81% risen not fallen
13
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Rising anti social behaviour
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- rising level of public concern- young see this as defining deviance up
- -1990 gov aimed at widening behaviour ASOB anti social behaviour orders , measures include several features
- blurring boundaries of crime subject definition flexibility
14
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Military policing
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- police depend on public for information, but lose public support
- leads to military policing- uses random stop and searches
- this alienates community leads to vicious cycle
- left realist police must improv3 communication with community and change priority
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Multiple agent approach
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- least realist crime can’t be left to police alone there must be a multi agent approach
- angeny like local council , social services ect
