Abstract
Left realism emerges as a dual response to the law and order agenda of New Right criminology and the supposed utopianism of anarchist and Marxist criminology. Left realism attempts to shift debates away from middle‐class fears of the working class and to take seriously working‐class experiences of crime, including working‐class fears of victimization, which Left realists record through the use of surveys. They note that the working classes suffer most from street crimes and argue that most working class people who commit crimes are not rebels or involved in acts of resistance as some critical theorists suggest. For Left realists, the working class should be directly involved in crime control processes and in developing relevant alternatives. Left realists emphasize practical reforms rather than advocating large‐scale social transformations or the abolition of statist institutions. These include community centers, community policing, and improvements in social resources in working‐class neighborhoods.
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