Left Realism

Question 1

What do they think the main cause of crime is?

Answer 1

Inequality

Question 2

Who do they think is the main victims of crime is?

Answer 2

Working class

Question 3

What do they believe will reduce crime?

Answer 3

Making society fairer and more equal

Question 4

What do they think are the three causes of crime?

Answer 4

Relative deprivation, subcultures and marginalisation

Question 5

What is relative deprivation?

Answer 5

How if people compare themselves to other people they will then become resentful which is made worse by the media and makes people turn to crime to achieve the best things

Question 6

What are subcultures ?

Answer 6

Young people turn to subcultures like gangs, when opportunities for success are blocked. Young people find it hard to get a job with good pay so turn to crime to get the good things in life.

Question 7

What is marginalisation?

Answer 7

People feel excluded from main stream society then become frustrated so they then commit violence and vandalism (non utilitarian crime)

Question 8

Two strengths of this theory ?

Answer 8

• draws attention to poverty, inequality and relative deprivation as causes of crime

-unlike right realism its not a savage and as victim blaming

Question 9

Two limitations

Answer 9

• does not explain crimes committed by wealthy people such as white colour crime, corporate crime and state crime
• it over-predicts the amount of working class crime, not everyone who experiences retained deprivation and marginalisation turns to crime