Left Realism

• Left Realism


  Linked to labor governments
• Left Realists


  • See inequality in capitalist society as the root cause of crime
  • The main victims are disadvantaged groups: the working class, ethnic minorities and women
  • They believe we need practical explanations of crime that offers solutions to reduce it
• Solutions to Crime according to left realists

  1. Improve policing and control

  2. Deal with the deeper structural causes of crime
• Police


  • Need to be more accountable to local communities and deal with local concerns
• Structural changes

  • Needed in order to tackle discrimination, improve housing, provide decent jobs etc
• Solutions to crime

  • Be tough on crime e.g. ASBOS, tackle hate crime, domestic crime, reduce exclusions from school
  • Create opportunities for unemployed youth
• Solutions to Crime


  • Community Policing
  • Community service
  • Community Centers
  • CCTV
  • Ethnic Minority police officers