neo Marxist perspective

Question 1

what is the neo Marxist perspective of crime

Answer 1

they adopt some theories from traditional Marxism and adapt them by mixing it with labeling and interactionist theories

Question 2

what do they say causes crime

Answer 2

Adopt traditional Marxist view that structural inequalities has an influence however they go on to argue that each action of crime has its own agency in committing the crime

Question 3

what is fully social action theory

Answer 3

• Taylor Walton and young developed this theory
• combines traditional Marxist point on social inequality of power and wealth
• then accompanied by the interactionist and labelling theory about the meaning of the deviant act to he deviant, social reaction and reaction of the act on the deviant

Question 4

what are the 6 considerations of fully social theory?

Answer 4

• wider origins of deviant acts
• immediate origin of deviant act
• actual act of deviance
• immediate origins of social reactions
• wider origins of social reaction
• impacts of social reactions on future behaviors

Question 5

elaborate on the point of wider origins of deviant acts

Answer 5

• refers to power structure within society and social inequality

Question 6

elaborate on the point of immediate origins of deviant acts

Answer 6

• looking at what particular circumstances that the deviant is facing

Question 7

elaborate on the idea od actual act of deviance

Answer 7

refers to meaning of the act for the individual

Question 8

elaborte on the idea of immediate origins of social reactions

Answer 8

• in reference to those who are specifically around he deviant and how they react

Question 9

How did Stuart Hall Adopt tis theory to study and analyze

Answer 9

• to explain black criminality in he 1970 to tackle the black mugger situation
• when he applied it the capitalist crisis was the economic recession
• which concluded in its findings that it created a divide between workers based on race

Question 10

what are some criticisms of this theory

Answer 10

• doesn’t acknowledge most lower class crime is committed against others that are lower class
• makes crime romanticized as its portrayed as valiant fighting back against capitalism
• can be considered to complicated and subjective