Left realism and Crime
A colour coded mind map of various sociological elemnts within left realism as a theory within the explanation of crime. Includes main issues and evaluation of theory also.
- Created by: Vasu
- Created on: 25-11-13 22:03
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- Left Realism and Crime
- Close to the position of the British Labour Party. Lea and Young: see themselves as socialists; agree with Marxists that the cause of crime originates from inequalities in society h/w see Marxists as 'left idealists', where they support the reform of society opposed to revolutionary change advocated by Marxists.
- See crimes other than White-collar: Serious - need to be explained + tackled
- Dealing with Crime
- Policing problems
- 90% of crimes known to police are notified by public. Also solved with help from public
- research shows: public confidence in police has declined. (fabrications; violence; false recordings)
- trust breaks down -> flow of info dries up -> Military policing (Kinsey et al) -> Mobilisation of bystander
- Police must improve relationship with community
- Spend more time investigating crimes = regain trust
- Over - policing certain crimes. Should focus on under - policed.
- Spend more time investigating crimes = regain trust
- Police must improve relationship with community
- trust breaks down -> flow of info dries up -> Military policing (Kinsey et al) -> Mobilisation of bystander
- research shows: public confidence in police has declined. (fabrications; violence; false recordings)
- Police must improve relationship with community
- Spend more time investigating crimes = regain trust
- Over - policing certain crimes. Should focus on under - policed.
- Spend more time investigating crimes = regain trust
- 90% of crimes known to police are notified by public. Also solved with help from public
- Tackle social causes
- Its not the criminal justice system, but social inequalities that lead to relative deprivation
- Young: improve leisure facilities for young; reduce income inequlities; raise living standards for poor families
- Multi-Agency
- Its not the criminal justice system, but social inequalities that lead to relative deprivation
- Policing problems
- Evaluation
- Hughes: Reliance on subcultural theory -> same trap -> shared values?
- Hughes:Fails to explain cause of crime, only speculation because of victimisation studies
- Ruggiero: Aware but havent investigated corporate crimes
- Hughes: Provided useful sociological concepts
- Promoted debate
- Hughes: Reliance on subcultural theory -> same trap -> shared values?
- Close to the position of the British Labour Party. Lea and Young: see themselves as socialists; agree with Marxists that the cause of crime originates from inequalities in society h/w see Marxists as 'left idealists', where they support the reform of society opposed to revolutionary change advocated by Marxists.
- State
- Society
- Victim
- Crime
- Offender
- State
- Society
- Victim
- Crime
- Offender
- Multiple aetiology
- Multiple explanations
- Offender
- Crime
- Victim
- Society
- State
- Multiple aetiology
- Multiple explanations
- Offender
- Crime
- Victim
- Society
- Good influence on social policies
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