Neo-Marxism Flashcards
1
Q
What do Taylor, Walton & Young talk about?
A
The New Criminology
- agree they the capitalist society creates inequality, especially enforcement laws that lead to w/c crime
- ‘fully social theory of deviance’
- criminals are heroes
- criminals are victims, forced into crime
- Robin Hood Theory = crime is redistributing wealth
2
Q
What does Gilroy talk about?
A
Myth of Black Criminality
- statistical differences in recorded crime between ethnic groups due to police stereotyping + racist labelling
3
Q
What does Hall talk about?
A
Institutional Racism
- study of 1970s street crime in black youth in Londin
- moral panic, promoting racism and crime
- distracting people from political problems and the bad economy
