Left realist crime

Question 1

Lea and young

Answer 1

Three causes of crime:

• Relative deprivation
• Marginalisation
• Subcultures

Question 2

Young

Answer 2

Some crimes are over policed and others are under policed

Question 3

Three ways of controlling crime

Answer 3

• Intervention = perry school project / enrichment for disadvantaged black youths
• Improving policy = the police should listen to local communities / prefer community policing rather than right realist zero tolerance approach
• Community approaches = better leisure facilities / creating jobs and improving living standards for poor families

Question 4

Positive evaluations of Left Realism

Answer 4

• More cost effective than RR in the long term

- Most victim cantered approach

Question 5

Criticisms of Left Realism approach

Answer 5

• More expensive then RR approach
• Long term community policies may be scuppered by a change in government
• Do not address underlying structural inequalities in the capitalist system