Neo Marxists Flashcards
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What di they agree
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Capitalism is based on class inequality which causes crime
- law created and enforced in favour of rc
- capitalism should be replaced with a classless society
2
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New criminology
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Tayler et al - Marxism is deterministic
- reject theories that claim behaviour is driven by external forces
- take a voluntaristic view of crime
3
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Working class criminals can be seen as
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‘Robin Hood’ their crime can have the political motive of redistributing the wealth frim rich to poor
4
Q
6 aspects of deviance
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- Wider origins
- Immediate origins
- Act itself
- Immediate origins of social reaction
- Effects of labelling
5
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Hall et al
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Policing the crisis
- British capitalism in 1970s unemployment, political unrest and strikes
- as opposition to capitalism grows, ruling class may need to use force to maintain control
- ruling class used media to highlight an apparent growth in mugging
6
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Myth of the black mugger
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Created as a scapegoat
- moral panics divide and conquer the working classes, weakening the opposition to capitalism
- police justified in using aggressive tactics against black pellle which created hostility towards police amongst them
7
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Capitalism marginalising black youth through employment leads to
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A lifestyle of petty crime for survival
8
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Evaluation of neo Marxists
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Gender blinds
- romanticises working class
- most victims of crime are working class and black, doesn’t recognise that people commit crime against their own race and class
- don’t take crime seirously and ignore effects on working class victims