Looking at terrorism through left realist lenses |
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Authors: | Jennifer C Gibbs |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Maryland, College Park, 2220 LeFrak Hall, College Park, MD 20742, USA |
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Abstract: | While terrorism has moved into the spotlight of criminological study, including critical criminology, it has yet to be thoroughly
explored from a left realist perspective. Left realism addresses four aspects of crime: causes of offending, impact on the
victims, and both official and public responses to crime. A left realist approach to terrorism would argue that similar to
those who engage in street crimes, many terrorists are socially or economically disenfranchised young men who become involved
in terrorism through connections with similarly situated members of the fringe population, and “get tough” policies on terrorism
will backfire. Four propositions of left realist theory organized by DeKeseredy and colleagues are presented and addressed
through the extant literature, which offers partial support for a left realist explanation of terrorism. |
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