Neo-marxist

Question 1

Taylor, Watson and Young

Answer 1

• complete theory of deviance combines 6 aspects
  1) wider origins of the deviant acts
  2) immediate origins of the deviant act
  3) acts itself and meaning for actor
  4) immediate origins of social reaction
  5) wider origins of social reaction in capitalism
  6) effects of labelling in deviants

Question 2

Gilroy

Answer 2

• young black criminals are politically motivated to commit crime due to history of slavery and slavery as well as own experiences with racism and police harassment

Question 3

Hall

Answer 3

• claims that moral panics about disruptive groups (young/ ethnic minorities) are often created by the mas media to divide and rule the w/c
• analysed how the tabloid media present mugging in the 70s in which black criminals stabbed white victims —> ideological function of dividing black and white w/c and diverting attention from ruling class individuals

Question 4

Phil Cohen

Answer 4

• suggested deviant youth subcultures equal an ideological resistance to dominant adult value system
• studied skinheads- symbolic reaction to the decline of w/c communities- exaggerated w/c masculinity and aggression
• anti-immigrant stance equals a reaction to declining w/c neighbourhoods

Question 5

Criticisms of neo-marxism

Answer 5

• left realist view; over-romanticising w/c criminal (probably just in poverty)
• reality of crime; most victims of w/c black crime are w/c and black