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left realism - why did left realism develop?

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as a response to marxist approaches in failing to make any policies & never took working-class seriously

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left realism - deprived people/areas

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street crime common in deprived areas

deprived people usually victims

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left realism - relative deprivation

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peoples expectations are not met
intensified by:
- growing individualisation 
- breaking of social structures 
- growing economic inequality (globalisation stretched gap between wealthy & poor bigger)
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left realism - marginalisation

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groups are pushed to the edge of society
face social exclusion
turn to crime to express their frustrations

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left realism - subcultures

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working-class create subcultures as a solution to social inequality
becomes a motivator of crime
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left realism - bulimic society

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society is media-saturated
people immersed into constant exposure of expensive consumer culture 
creates high expectation 
due to social/economic exclusion
people forced to vomit their expectation
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left realism - toxic mix that generates crime

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combination of factors of late modernity in deprived communities
to release frustration of being socially excluded they get involved in edgework:
thrill-seeking, risk-taking behaviour
leads to crime

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left realism - lea & young; square of crime

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  • social structural factors & formal social control by the state (policing, labelling)
  • public and extent of informal social control (societal reaction, public confidence in police)
  • role of victims (often same ethnicity/social class as offender)
  • offenders (extent of marginalisation, deviant subculture, deprived)
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left realism - criticisms

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  • part of malestream criminology
  • doesn’t explain white-collar/corporate
  • crime rates are falling; not all working-class youth turn to crime even though unemployment is increasing
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right realism - value consensus supports society

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criminals are non-conformists as they break the consensus & social order

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right realism - people naturally selfish

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would rather take short cuts in life such as committing a crime

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right realism - community control

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poor socialisation & lack of community control causes crime
strengthening community bonds through stricter socialisation re-established social cohesion & prevents crime

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right realism - rational choice

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potential offenders rationally weigh up the costs & benefits when an opportunity is available

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right realism - crime will always exist

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theres no point finding the causes rather focus on reducing the impact on victims

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right realism - criticisms

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  • doesn’t explain white-collar, corporate, hidden crime
  • not all crimes have a benefit & is a rational choice
  • doesn’t explain edgework