Left Realism AO3

• +Explores the role of the victim of crime in more depth than other theories.
• +Understands complex, multi-causal, nature of crime.
• +Suggests that crime could be prevented by societal change.
• +Left realists also acknowledge the importance of other crimes which tend to be emphasised by left-wing and feminist criminologists, and perhaps neglected by the police, e.g. domestic violence, rape, green crimes, prostitution and trafficking.
• -Doesn't explain why some individuals who experience deprivation do not turn to crime.
• -Less good at explaining white-collar crime.
• -Not always clear how to make the necessary structural changes - can be critical without offering solutions to problems.