Neo Marx And Crime

Question 1

Interactionalists theory

Answer 1

Crime socially constructed - bourgeoisie and media level w/c deviant based. On stereotypes creates self fulfilling prophecy

Question 2

Pilavin and briar

Answer 2

Police officers often base decisions on how someone dressed, race etc

Question 3

Interactionalists thoughts on stats

Answer 3

They claim stats can’t be trusted, should be a topic to study. Not a resource

Question 4

What is dark figure of crime

Answer 4

Difference between official stats and real rate of crime - we don’t know much much is undetected