New Left Realism and Crime
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- New Left Realism and Crime
- Crime is a real problem to be tackled.
- But they also take a socialist view - opposed to capitalist inequality.
- They are also reformists - believe gradual change is best.
- Causes of crime?
- Relative deprivation - made worse by having access to material wealth messages.
- Economic exclusion!
- Subcultures - lead to illegitimate means.
- Marginalisa-tion - lack of power leads to anger.
- Relative deprivation - made worse by having access to material wealth messages.
- Solutions for crime?
- Democratic and accountable policing.
- Crime control should be a multi-agency task.
- Involve communities in the creation of policies.
- Reduce social inequalities!
- Evaluations
- Overlooks the importance of crimes of the powerful.
- Pearce (1976)
- Too much focus on inner city crime.
- Skews data and makes problems seem worse than they really are.
- Overly deterministic.
- Rely on quantitative data - not a true picture.
- Overlooks the importance of crimes of the powerful.
- Left Realist Views
- Criticises traditional and new criminology for selling criminals as 'politically revolutionary'
- Crime is increasing and evolving - victims are usually W/C
- Say Official Statistics are not just social constructs.
- Urban areas are becoming more dangerous.
- There is disproportionately more ethnic crime.
- Lea and Young
- Islington Crime Survey
- Tried to explain street crime committed by young people in urban areas.
- Came up with the causes of crime seen in top left corner.
- Crime is a real problem to be tackled.
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