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Sociology – Realism  

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Sociology - Realism Left realism is a new way of approaching crime, which disputes the ideas of the left idealists such as Marxists. They attack the idea that crime can only be solved through a radical revolution and offer practical realistic solution s to crime. Similarly right realists also look at crime from a different angle. When looking at the causes of crime left realists do not agree with the idea of the 'modern day robin hood' that steals from the rich and redistributes income to the poor. Lea and Young see that the reality is that many of the victims of crime are themselves poor. In the USA Lea and Young found that unskilled workers were significantly more likely to get burgled and black people were more likely to get murdered than die in a road traffic accident. The left are also realistic about the differences in ethnicity and crime. The...

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