Left Realist Solutions to Crime
- Created by: Ash-Ketchum
- Created on: 28-10-15 14:23
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2. Which left realists suggest a way to fix the structural causes of crime?
- Braithwaite&Lea - Crime can only be reduced/eliminated by improving peoples opportunities to achieve a decent standard of living, this must be done by reducing income and wealth inequalities, decent jobs for all, good housing & inner city enviroments
- Lea and Young - Crime can only be reduced/eliminated by improving peoples opportunities to achieve a decent standard of living, this must be done by reducing income and wealth inequalities, decent jobs for all, good housing & inner city enviroments
- Sherman&Strang - Crime can only be reduced/eliminated by improving peoples opportunities to achieve a decent standard of living, this must be done by reducing income and wealth inequalities, decent jobs for all, good housing & inner city enviroments
3. What do left realists argue crime is?
- A rational response to a lack of legitimate opportunites and the powerlessness that deprived groups feel in terms of improving society
- A rational response to a lack of legitimate opportunites and the powerlessness that deprived groups feel in terms of improving their situation
- A irrational response to a lack of legitimate opportunites and the powerlessness that deprived groups feel in terms of improving their situation
4. How do left realists argue the structural causes of crime should be fixed?
- Politicians need to change the economic and social conditions that cause crime esp young/ethnic minority
- Police need to change the practical and social conditions that cause crime esp young/ethnic minority
- Politicians need to change the economic and social conditions that cause crime esp males/ethnic minority
5. What is restorative justice?
- Encourages offender to take responsibility for their actions and repair the harm they have done by apologising to police and giving back to the community
- Encourages offender to take responsibility for their actions and repair the harm they have done by apologising to victims and giving back to the community
- Encourages victim to take responsibility for their actions and repair the harm they have done by apologising to society and giving back to the community
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