Left Realism

Question 1

What did Lea and Young (1993) argue about ethnic differences?

Answer 1

Ethnic differences in stats reflects real differences in offending

Question 2

What is crime a product of?

Answer 2

Relative Deprivation, Subcultures and Marginalisation

Question 3

What has racism led to?

Answer 3

The economic exclusion and marginalisation of ems

Question 4

What promotes a sense of Relative Deprivation?

Answer 4

The media emphasis on consumerism by setting goals that for disadvantaged groups are unrealistic due to discrimination

Question 5

What do Lea and Young acknowledge about Police Racism?

Answer 5

It has led to the unjustified criminalisation of some groups

Question 6

Why do Lea and Young think that police racism cannot fully explain ethnic differences in offending?

Answer 6

As even if the police act in racist ways, this is unlikely to account for ethnic differences in stat (significant)

Question 7

What else can Police Racism not explain?

Answer 7

The much higher rate of conviction of Black people than Asians

Question 8

Why can’t police racism explain this?

Answer 8

Because they would have to be selectively racist against black people but not Asians to cause the differences

Question 9

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Answer 9

Alternative explanation - Demographic Factors - Ems = over-represented in groups that are largely stopped and searched regardless of ethnicity e.g. young - not real differences