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Assess the usefulness of realist explanations of crime and deviance
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Assess the usefulness of realist explanations of crime and deviance Within sociology, there have been many different theories designed to help explain why crime and deviance takes place. This essay will be focusing on the realist perspective. The realist perspective can be broken down in to two categories, right realism and left realism. Right realism comes from a political functionalist point of view; where as left realism comes from a neo-Marxist point of view. The main aim of this essay is to asses the usefulness of realist explanations of crime and deviance. To do this it will be looking at the good and bad point of both ends of the spectrum, followed by a final conclusion. The realist approach can be seen as a reaction to both the labelling theory and radical criminology. Right realism was the first type of realism to come about and takes a more realistic look at crime...
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