New Right ysc

Question 1

What does Murray say about youth deviance

Answer 1

• Deviant youths have not received adequate socialisation into society’s value consensus. They have a different, deviant set of norms and values, based on dependency, criminality and laziness
• The underclass do not want to workand depend on the welfare state
• Suggests high rates of crime among young w/c males can be explained by single mothers raising sons with no father figure (grow up unsocialised, poor impulse control)

Question 2

Evaluation of the new right view?

Answer 2

MacDonald found male w/c youths wanted to work and start a family vs Murray’s idea of the underclass valuing laziness