PAPER 3 LEFT REALISM AND CRIME Flashcards
What do left realists say about statistics?
They accept them and say that they show that the working class are more likely to commit crime.
What do Lea and Young link crime to?
The structural inequalities of society
What do Lea and Young say about why people feel relatively deprived?
They say people are better off nowadays but due to the media and the growing gap between the rich and poor they feel relatively deprived
Why are people marginalised after becoming relatively deprived according to Lea and Young?
Because they lack power and status not in unions due to unemployment or low paid jobs and political parties do not represent their point of view
What do people join after becoming marginalised according to Lea and Young?
They join subcultures with others who feel the same way. (2011 London Riots)
What does Young link crime to?
Post modernity
What is deindustrialisation according to Young?
Means Working class jobs are less secure so the gap between rich and poor grows
What does Young say society is?
Media saturated so people see images of consumer goods
According to Young in society people feel culturally included but what?
Economically excluded
What is a criticism of this according to Marxists?
They would say corporate crime is more harmful to working class people
What is the prevention strategy of the Perry School programme?
Where an experimental group of 3-4 year olds in the US were offered a 2 year intellectual enrichment programme; during which time the children also recieved weekly home visits and support to help them in life, this prevented crime. They say like this police should work more with communities
What happened within the Islington crime survey?
He burglary rate in Islington, an area full of disadvantaged primarily ethnic minority households, was five times the national average. Left realists focus on how working class people are most likely to be victims of working class crime
What is the square of crime?
Left realists are one theory that looks at all aspects; offender, victim, police and impact on community.
How does Foucault argue that surveillance is a way of vetting people to conform to those in power?
Through disciplinary power
In surveillance what society is it said we live in today?
An electronic panopticon
