C+D: Topic 4 Realist Theories : Left realism
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- Created on: 05-04-13 14:08
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- Left realism
- It developed in the 80's, its key figure - Jock Young
- It deleoped due to right realism influence
- It developed as a response to serious rising crime and finding practical solutions
- Taking crime seriously
- Central idea behind it is that 'crime is a real serious problem - it affects the victims the most
- Traditional marxists : crimes of the capitalist class
- Neo-marxist: romanticise w/c criminals as robin hoods - but w/c people victimise their fellow w/c
- Labelling theorists: see w/c criminals as victims of labelling
- Jock Young; it has led to aetiological crisis
- Causes of crime
- Relative deprivation : Lea and Young - it is the main cause of crimes
- Subculture : Merton, Cloward and Ohlin, A.K.Cohen
- Theodicy of the dispriveledged
- Ken Pryce: criminals still have the same goals as society
- Young: there are areas in the USA that have gucci, prada but are poor...they get it through illegitimate means
- Marginalisation
- The most marginalised group are young, w/c, ethnic minorities
- Those that are not marginalised have means to achieve, vice versa.
- Some marginalised resort to violence/deviant acts
- Late modernity, exclusions and crime
- Young: we are now living in a stage of insecurity, instability and crimes unlike in the past.
- There are huge differences between pre/late and post modernity (show them)
- There is a growing contrast between 'cultural inclusion' and 'economic exlusion'
- Media saturated late modern society = cultural inclusion
- Greater emphasis on leisure = higher expectations for a 'good life'
- Despite ideology of meritocracy = the poor are excluded from opportunites to get higher in society
- Tackling crime
- They say we must improve policing to tackle crimes
- Policing and control
- Kinsley, Lea and Young: policing rate of 'clear -up' is too low = inaccurate
- Police are not playing the right role they should be playing in spciety
- Police depend on the public 90% of the time to give them criminals and issues to deal with
- Policing must be made accountable to all members of the public
- Police are loosing support of the public, esp. ethnic minorities
- one can link to stop + search and the code a rules ebing breached by police
- Military policing must stop as it makes indivuduals fear speaking to police
- Crime stopping/watching cannot be left to police alone but 'multi agencies' e.g. local councils, victim support etc.
- Kinsley, Lea and Young: policing rate of 'clear -up' is too low = inaccurate
- Tackling the structural causes
- Left realists do not see improving policing and control as a way of reducing crimes/ main solution
- Young says society must first deal with inequalities, discrimination/ provide decent jobs etc.
- Left realism and governemnt policies
- Had more influence of governemnt policies that right realists
- Their veiws link to that of the labour party
- 'Tough on crime, tough on causes of crime;
- New labour: firmer approach on crimes e.g ASBO
- Young calls it doomed. nostalgic attempts to get back the 'golden age' - 50's
- It developed in the 80's, its key figure - Jock Young
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