neomarxism

Question 1

Taylor Walton and young (1973)

Answer 1

• neo = new marxism
• state makes and enforces laws in interest of capitalism - criminalising working class
• capitalism should be replaced by classes that reduce crime

Question 2

anti determinism

Answer 2

• not all crime is driven by economic adversity
• crime = voluntary act but politically motivated
• individuals shouldn’t be labelled as deviant bc they are - free to live however

Question 3

sometimes crime is politically motivated against capitalism

Answer 3

black panthers - radical black activist group in 1960s/70s that engaged in crime activity as part of their political activism

Question 4

fully social theory of deviance

Answer 4

1. unequal wealth and power distribution to enforce law
2. interactionism and labelling theory - treating and labelling someone as deviant they start to act like that

Question 5

6 layers

Answer 5

1. wide origins of deviant acts - problem
2. immediate origins of deviant act - reponse
3. act itself - cause another problem to cover initial problem - scapegoats
4. immediate origins of social reaction - media causes panic ab new problem
5. wider origins of social reaction - scapegoats blamed
6. effects of labelling - scapegoats feel minorities causes more arrests (supporting reason for scapegoats)

Question 6

evaluation

Answer 6

• focuses on male criminality
• romanticises working class crimes - robin hood
• ignore effects on working class victims
• too general to explain crime and too idealistic to tackle crime