Explaining you deviance - Neomarxists

Question 1

Who are an example of left realist sociologists ?

Answer 1

Lea and Young

Question 2

What do Lea and Young discuss ?

Answer 2

• left realists
• type of neo-marxism
• look at what leads to youths committing crime
• say crime is caused by structural inequalities

Question 3

What are 3 of the main key points that Lea and Young look at ?

Answer 3

• Relative deprivation
• marginalisation
• subcultures

Question 4

What is relative deprivation ?

Answer 4

When crime is caused by the feeling of frustration because someone has less.
This happens due to media as you can see what you don’t have.

Question 5

What is marginalisation ?

Answer 5

When marginalised groups don’t have a voice in society
They turn to crime and deviance to improve their position

Question 6

What is an example of marginalisation ?

Answer 6

London riots - 2011

Question 7

What is individualism and who studied it ?

Answer 7

• Young
• Says its the reason for deviance and crime as others are selfish and don’t think about the impacts on wider society

Question 8

What does subcultures have to do with in relation to Lea and Young’s study ?

Answer 8

• youths join subcultures to resist mainstream society and capitalist views
• subcultures have norms and values that may be seen as deviant
• they resist blocked opportunities

Question 9

What are the evaluative points against the neo-marxist viewpoint ?

Answer 9

• feminists say they ignore gender differences
• outdated (still look at spectacular youths)
  Counterpoint:
  Left realists are more up to date than the CCCS

Question 10

What do neo-marxists and the CCCS see criminality as a form of ?

Answer 10

Resistance against societies control
Their identity being threatened