Left Realism

• Left Realism

  Sees crime as a real problem and explains it through analysing social and economic relationships
• Origins of crime

  • Subculture
  • Relative deprivation
  • Marginalisation
• Subculture

  Black youth subculture has high aspirations (money, style etc.) which is why they engage in crime
• Relative deprivation

  The disparity between expectations and the reality of lifestyle leads to feelings of relative deprivation, which can result in more deviant and criminal behaviour
• Marginalisation


  Groups find themselves on the edge of society. White and black working class often find themselves alienated by schools, unemployment etc.