neo marxist explanations

Question 1

what does gilroy say ab black crime as a form of resistance ?

Answer 1

-crime by black people form of political action
-culture of resistance
-opporessed due to police racism
-greater crime among black ppl comapred to white due to negative stereotyping by police

Question 2

how can we evaluate gilroy?

Answer 2

-imposes own explanation what black crime is when he says its ‘political action’
-mugging often committed against black people, poor people
-hard to see it as reistsance to oppression

Question 3

what does hall et al say about black crime and scapegoating?

Answer 3

-in 1970s there was growing conflict among black people and police
-showed black youths in particular offences
-media presented black people as more prone to cirminality
-there was not a real increase in street crime but media cause a moral panic used to jusitfy more agressive polcing against the black community
-diverted the attention of wider crisis that was going on e.g economical issues

Question 4

how can we evaluate hall et al?

Answer 4

-police still target black areas
-police and media still use stereotypes of the black community
-but the crisis of hegemony no longer exists today so inadeqaute explanation

Question 5

what do LEA AND YOUNG say?

Answer 5

-msot crimes are reported by the public
-not uncovered by the police
-so its hard to explain black crime in terms of police racism