left realism

Question 1

key ideas

Answer 1

the victims of WC street crime are most likely to be the WC and it is the types of ‘ordinary crime’ that worry the WC people

Question 2

Causes of crime

Answer 2

relative deprivation :
-lee and young- crime has its roots in deprivation, but deprivation itself is not directly responsible for crime
- example: living standards have risen since the 1950s, so level of deprivation has fallen, however crime rates have increased.
- although people are better off today, due to media expectations and stuff, people feel poorer.

Marginalisation
- when people lack the resources to fully participate in society

subculture
- cohen ‘status frustration’

Question 3

solutions to crime

Answer 3

early intervention, perry pre school

improve policing, over 90% of crimes are cleared up by the police as a result of information from the public, however research suggests that public confidence in the police has declined. if public relationship breaks then information from victims of crim will dry up

Question 4

evaluation

Answer 4

most costly of crime prevention

Marxists argue that these policies may tackle deprivation but they do not tackle the underlying structural inequalities in the Capitalist system which are the root cause.