neo marxist explanations Flashcards
what do neo marxist say?
-no ones forced to commit crime
-its a voluntary act
what does the new criminology say?
(taylor, walton and young)
-looks at law enforcement
-patterns of breaking and motives for crime
what do taylor, walkton and younh argue sociological theory of crime should cover?
-origns of deviant acts (e.g structure of society)
-motivations for crime
-why ppl commit
-why certain behaviours are made illegal
examples of neo marxist explanations?
(street robbery)
street robbery:
likely to do: working class males
bc of: disadvanatged due to society structure
origins of deviant reaction: laws may be changed if crime rises
exmaples of neo-m exp?
knife crime
liekly to do: young males
bc of: media pressure, peer pressure
immediate origns : drugs
origins of deviant reacton: if too common may put harsher punishments