Neo-Marxism

Question 1

Wider origins of the Deviant Act

Answer 1

Not because people are Bad or Evil - Wider structural factors e.g. Power Inequality

Question 2

Immediate origins of deviant act

Answer 2

Humans are rational, for the poor it is rational to choose crimes related to poverty, for the rich it is rational to choose crimes that increase power

Question 3

The Act Itself

Answer 3

Why did they commit crime? E.g. was it a form of rebellion to capitalism

Question 4

Immediate Origins of Social Reaction

Answer 4

Reactions around deviant e.g police, family - understand reasons

Question 5

The Wider Origins of the Social Reaction

Answer 5

Why some acts are treated more harshly than others - who has power to define actions as deviants

Question 6

Effects of Labelling on the Deviant’s Future Actions

Answer 6

Why a deviant respond to social reaction e.g why does labelling lead to deviance

Question 7

AO3 Points

Answer 7

Romanticises crime (Robin Hood) - steal from rich give to poor - poor against other poor people usually

Question 8

Useful:

Answer 8

Provides a wider understanding of why people commit crime and the reactions to this