Left Realism, community and state-building

Lea, John

doi:10.1007/s10611-010-9250-9

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“…Criminological accounts regularly extend beyond a dyad of victim and perpetrator, for example, the (absent) 'capable guardian' of routine activity theory (Cohen and Felson 1979) or the public in left realism (Lea 2010). Hilberg's (1993: 195 ff.) history of the Holocaust as the Jewish catastrophe identified a category of diverse individual and collective bystanders who are neither victims nor perpetrators.…”

Section: Bystandersmentioning

confidence: 99%

Victims, perpetrators, and bystanders: Atrocity and its aftermath in the films of Jasmila Žbanić

Aydın-Aitchison

2023

SSRN Journal

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Section: Bystandersmentioning

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Victims, perpetrators, and bystanders: Atrocity and its aftermath in the films of Jasmila Žbanić

Aydın-Aitchison

2023

SSRN Journal

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“…Затоа, за левиот реализам полицијата (и слични агенции) мора да биде дел од заедницата и ориентирана кон нејзините вистински потреби и приоритети поврзани со криминалот. Тоа значи дека не треба да се наметнуваат и поставуваат други цели од страна на централната власт (Lea, 2010). Во поглед на политиката за засилување на капацитетите на заедницата, акцентот е ставен на охрабрување на жртвите, на жените, на малцинските и другите маргинализирани и ранливи категории граѓани да ги изразат своите потреби и проблеми во локалните заедници кадешто живеат.…”

Section: односот на левиот реализам кон соработката меѓу полицијата иunclassified

“…Во тој контекст, левите реалисти предлагаат политики базирани на локални партнерства и соработка, на засилување на капацитетите на заедниците да се справат со криминалот, на примена на ресторативни практики за мирно решавање на конфликтите и кривичните спорови итн. Според нив, само на тој начин може да се подобрат сиромашните соседства, односно оние делови од заедницата кои се соочуваат со сиромаштија, неред, дезорганизација и други проблеми поврзани со криминалот и со одредени социопатолошки појави (Lea, 2010). Имајќи го предвид претходно наведеното, особено елементите на квадратот на криминал, реалноста на криминалот и причините поврзани со релативната депривација, левиот реализам посебно се залага за примена на превентивни социјални и развојни политики базирани на заедницата.…”

Section: односот на левиот реализам кон соработката меѓу полицијата иunclassified

Left Realism Criminology: Basis and Perspectives

Stefanovska¹

2019

KIJ

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Left realism emerges in the early 1980s as a separate department, or direction within the neo-Marxist critical criminology. It results from dissatisfaction and certain criticisms of the foundations on which critical criminology is built, which left realists call left idealism. Namely, they are called realists because, in their view, crime should be considered in its reality, and the causes that led to criminal behavior should be seriously looked at, which means that leftist realists focus on already experienced realities. Hence, the issues of interest to left realists are the problems faced by certain groups regarding their age, class, sex, race and place of residence. They have some similarities with structural subcultural theories, arguing that crime is a form of subcultural adaptation to lived problems and realities. The basis is that due to material constraints and circumstances, the required cultural goals and aspirations cannot be achieved by legally disposable means. The central postulate of left realism is to reflect the reality of crime, in its origin, nature and influence. This means that crime cannot be romanticized or it cannot be explained as a product of the offender's pathology or other personal characteristics. Real problems related to the crime need to be considered and resolved. In this respect, the issues of left realism are the problems that citizens face, the relationship between the victim and the perpetrator, the geographical distribution of crime, as well as the prevalence of crime in certain social areas and sectors of the community. They are particularly concerned about ignoring the crime that is taking place on the streets by truly disadvantaged and marginalized citizens, as well as the crime that takes place behind closed doors, particularly in the family. So, the perspectives of the left realists are that street crime is a serious problem for the working class, working class crime is primarily committed against other working class members, relative poverty feeds the dissatisfaction and that dissatisfaction, in the absence of political solutions creates crime, and crime can be reduced by implementing practical social policies.On the basis of what has been stated, in this paper we will elaborate the critiques of critical criminology stated by the proponents of Left Realism , a Square of crime that offers appropriate solutions for criminal and social response to crime and perspectives of left realism that predominantly rely on community-based policies.

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“…The communities themselves, particularly if until recently divided by civil war may lack agreement over the general identities of victims and offenders. It may well be that in the early post-conflict stages criminal justice solutions are not viable and that strategies aimed at community reconciliation are more useful (Lea 2010(Lea , 2015.…”

Section: Criminalisation and Powermentioning

confidence: 99%

Left Realism: A Radical Criminology for the Current Crisis

Lea

2016

Int J for Crime, Justice & Social Democracy

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The renewal of the Left realist tradition in criminology is vital for a critical understanding of crime and criminal justice in the context of a dominant neoliberalism. Left Realism presented two core components: the local democratic community control of policing and crime prevention and the analytical 'square of crime'. Two strategies for renewing the tradition are contrasted: the re-elaboration and updating of the core concepts or the incorporation of new themes -specifically critical realist philosophy -from outside the original paradigm. While these two are not mutually exclusive I argue that most of the proposed critical realist innovations are already present in the core concepts of Left Realism and that it is here, in the focus on struggles for local democracy and in the deconstructive tradition of the 'square of crime', that the future for Left Realism lies.

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Left Realism, community and state-building

Cited by 14 publications

References 30 publications

Victims, perpetrators, and bystanders: Atrocity and its aftermath in the films of Jasmila Žbanić

Victims, perpetrators, and bystanders: Atrocity and its aftermath in the films of Jasmila Žbanić

Left Realism Criminology: Basis and Perspectives

Left Realism: A Radical Criminology for the Current Crisis

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