Left Realist Policies

• Left Realism:

  • sees unfairness in society as the reason for criminal behaviours
  • help/support
  • criminals are often stealing or committing other crimes because they have been let down by society
• Policies to reduce inequality:

  • Left realists call for major structural changes to society to reduce inequality.
  • It looks to tackle discrimination, lack of opportunities for the poor and increase good housing and education for all.
  • This would reduce relative deprivation and as such the need for people to commit crime.
• Democratic Policing:

  • People may distrust the police, so policies should aim to improve relations between police and public.
  • The community can then be part of deciding what priorities the police should focus on in their area.
• Improve Opportunities:

  Police should improve housing, job security, access to healthcare to reduce deprivation and need to commit crime.
• Multi Agency approach to reducing crime:

  • Policies which make agencies work together
  • An example of a multi-agency system would be anti-knife campaign led by police, doctors and social services