Neo Marxism

Question 1

Neo-Marxism

Answer 1

Victims of crimes are ignored, and the harm done by the offenders is not analysed. Factors need to be explored.

Question 2

Moral panic

Answer 2

Moral panic in the 70s

Question 3

Evaluation of New Criminology: Negative

Answer 3

Trad Marxists argue that the New Criminology moves too far away from the Marxist tradition. Feminist criminologists argue that New Criminology ignores the power of patriarchy in analysis.

Question 4

Evaluation of New Criminology: Positive

Answer 4

The New Criminology was an important critique of trad Marxist economic determinism.