Reasons for male offending / ethnicity and crime

Question 1

who comes up with hegemonic masculinity ?

Answer 1

Messerschmidt

Question 2

what does messerschmidt say in hegemonic capitalism ?

Answer 2

society is a social construct of accomplishment
crime and deviance is used in accomplishing masculinity.
MC- corporate crime
WC low level deviance

Question 3

what does winlow come up with ?

Answer 3

Bodily capital
globalisation

Question 4

what is winlow explanation of globalisation causing crime in post modernity ?

Answer 4

crisis of hegemonic masculinity in de-industrialised society.
this is refound in night time leisure economy
Winlow bouncers sunderland : paid work and illegal ventures in drugs , tobacco and violence

Question 5

what does winlow note with bodily capital ?

Answer 5

maintaining sign value of bodies “looking the part “

-> violence becomes commodity to earn living in nighttime economy.

Question 6

what else is come up with for men committing crime ?

Answer 6

right realist murray incorrect socialisation

labelling (typifications male cicourel)

subcultures (cohen + alternative status hierarchy )

Question 7

ethnicity and crime , first factor . Left realists

Answer 7

marginalisation 3-5x more likely to be unemployed Ethnic minorities black carribean. fringes of society , materially deprived . need things such as food.
petty thieving .

Question 8

Right realism : Socilaisation

Answer 8

murray - incorrect socialisation . black carribean highest ratio of matrifocal single parent families . lack of male role model = nurture from gangs

Question 9

ethnicity and crime : typifications

Answer 9

cicourel - ethnic minorities 7x more likely to be stop and searched / labelled as typical thieves = higher alleged rates of EM crime

Question 10

ethnic rates of crime - postmodernism who is it ?

Answer 10

Gilroy

Question 11

what does gilroy say in his explanation of EM crime ?

Answer 11

black criminality is myth caused by stereotypes.
anti - colonial struggle such as riots against prejudice criminalised now , thus a myth

Question 12

there are real ethnic differences in offending ?

Answer 12

Lea and young . crime is product of relative dep. subcultures + marg. acknowledge unjust police racism causing injustice .

Question 13

A03: Left realist : demographic factors

Answer 13

things such as statistics showing 7x stop and search lead to injustice ethnic difference

Question 14

what does Hall et al say about Ethnic differences in crime ?

Answer 14

1970s show moral panic over black muggers serving interest of capitalism.
black youths seen as scapegoat by RC, dividing WC. EM’s offending emphasised to distract people from RC

Question 15

A03 for gilroy :

Answer 15

Lea and young note 1st generation immigrants abide by law , this is romanticising street crime

Question 16

A03 for Hall et al - downes and rock

Answer 16

hall et al inconsistent in claiming black street crime not rising , but that it was rising from marginalisation.
no evidence for moral panic blaming blacks .

Question 17

A03 for hall et al downes and rock

Answer 17

downes and rock argue they contradict themselves saying Black street crime not increasing but it is rising from unemployment.
does not show evidence blaming black people for issues

Question 18

A03 for gilroy: lea and young

Answer 18

first generation of immigrants law abiding . unlikely deviance is from anti-colonial struggle
romanticises low level street crime