Neo Marxism and Crime Flashcards
Which two theories is Neo Marxism made up of?
Marxism and Interactionism
What do Neo Marxists believe about crime?
It is a voluntary act and often has a political motive. Criminals are deliberately striving to change capitalism
Who devised the New Criminology?
Taylor, Walton, and Young
What does Interactionism look at when it comes to crime?
Seeing how the situation develops through the relationship between victim, offender, media, and the criminal justice system
What does Marxism look at when it comes to crime?
looks at wider society and how capitalism might generate the circumstances or motivations behind the crime
What are the two main sources of a fully social theory of deviance?
Traditional Marxist ideas about the unequal distribution of wealth and ideas from interactionism and labelling theory about the meaning of the deviant act for the deviant
What does Hirst say about the new criminology?
It strays too far from the Marxist tradition
What did Rock say about the new criminology?
It gave far a far too romantic view of criminals
What was Stuart Hall’s study about?
The moral panic over mugging in the 1970 and how the black mugger acted as a scapegoat for other social ills at the time
What did Gilroy discuss?
That ethnic minorities turned to crime as a way of defending themselves against an unjust society
What are some strengths of the neo Marxist views?
+ attempts to be less deterministic
+Considers interactionist views and looks at the meanings of criminal acts
+Less reductionist as it looks at the full picture of crime
What are some limitations of the Neo Marxist views?
- Romanticises working class crime
- The working class commit crime against themselves and not just the ruling class
- Theory over emphasises class inequality
- Theory only focusses on crimes committed by men
