Criticisms

    Cards (5)

    • Henry and Milovanovic 1996: accepts the authorities definition of crime as committed by the poor. Does not explain corporate crime.
    • Left Realists unable to rely on official crime statistics or victim surveys ensuring they are unable to understand offender's motives
    • Left Realists assume value consensus
    • Not all who experience relative deprivation commit crime
    • focuses on inner city crime which is unrepresentative
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