Left Realism Flashcards
Who is mainly associated with Left Realism?
Lea and Young (1984)
What do left realists believe about crime that differs from right realism?
They believe that crime has to be analysed by looking at social and economic relationships
Who do left realists believe are overrepresented by crime statistics?
Young w/c males and disprotionally black males
Why do left realists believe black criminality is so high?
Relative deprivation, low institutionalised means and racial discrimination
What are the 3 reasons that left realists believe crime happens?
Relative deprivation
Subculture
Mariginalisation
How did Lea and Young argue that Subculture effects crimes?
They believe that the lack of institutionalised means available to young W/C and black people mean that they may turn to crime
(Link to Status Frustration - Cohen And Strain theory - Merton
How does relative deprivation link to criminality according to Left Realists?
The choice of employment for young W/C and black males is low so people may turn to criminal means as a way off meeting goals
(Link Strain theory)
How does marginalisation link to crime according to Left Realists?
People are on the edge of society (e.g linked to allination from schools, police, wages etc)
(Link Cloward and Ohlin)
What did Kinsley, Lea and Young (1984) claim about military policing and its effects on crime?
Police resort to military policing too often and it increases alienation
What were the 4 reasons that Jock Young claimed crime was being worsened by modernity?
Instability and uncrratinety
Less concern about moral values
Peoples desire for immediate pleasure
Breakdown of formal controls
What is a criticism of left realism (link to functionalist) ?
Left realists claim that crime is caused by a breakdown of norms and values in society —–> sounds very similar to ‘anomie’ —> not a new idea
