crime and deviance topic 2

Question 1

which sociologist say e/m are criminals?

Answer 1

1. left realism- lea and young
2. new right

Question 2

which sociologist say that e/m are NOT criminals

Answer 2

1. phillip and bowling
2. neo marxism- hall and gilroy
3. fitzgerald et al

Question 3

why do lea and young say e/m are criminals?
1. what is 3 ways crime is caused by?

2. what is evaluation?

Answer 3

• crime is caused by relative deprivation, marginalisation and subcultures.
• e/m are likely to be umemployed so they suffer relative deprivation as they cant afford consumer products promoted by the media.
• they respond by forming subculture which lead to utilatiran crimes such as theft and robbery.
• e/m tend to be margnalised so they lack an organisation to represent their views in society so they result to violence because of the frustration of not being heard.
• crimes that are bought to the police are often from the public . so the police are not racist but black and asians are criminals because they commit more crimes.

evaluation - it is possible that police stereotype black and asian people differently.