THEORIES OF CRIME - NEO-MARXISM

Question 1

3 things to remember in neo-marxism

Answer 1

CCCS/ The New Criminology
Chambliss
Hall

Question 2

what do CCCS believe?

Answer 2

identity and style are reactions and resistance against capitalism

Question 3

who wrote ‘The New Criminology’?

Answer 3

Taylor, Watsona nd Young

Question 4

what did Taylor, Watson and Young say a fully social theory of deviance had to look at?

Answer 4

look at the structure of capitalist society

consider individuals for example police, judges, offenders and how they interpret actions

Question 5

full social theory of deviance must take on a hwat perspective?

Answer 5

marx perspective to understand disrib of power in society

Question 6

full social theory of dev must consider 3 things

Answer 6

1 - circumstance to commit deviant act
2 - meaning of act to the person
3 - effects caused by society’s reaction e.g. labelling and deviancy amplification

Question 7

research that supports full social theory of deviance is by Gilroy who said…

Answer 7

EM turn to crime to defend themselves in a society that treats them badly

Question 8

Chambliss studied…

Answer 8

Saints and Roughnecks

Question 9

Chambliss looks at…

Answer 9

labelling and public perceptions of boys’ deviant behaviour and social class impacting labelling

Question 10

who were the saints and who were the roughnecks?

Answer 10

saints - 8 white UC/MC boys white good families
roughnecks - 6 LC boys constantly in trouble
rate of deviance the same but saints never arrested as used status and good reputation to skive school and cheat
roughnecks seen as typical gangs members and followed by public and police more

Question 11

Chambliss says ‘labelling means that _____ ___ will be noticed’

Answer 11

rough kids will be noticed even if actions are not deviant

Question 12

Chambliss said kids who have good reputation are…

Answer 12

invisible when they act defiantly

Question 13

what is Hall’s study called?

Answer 13

policing the crisis

Question 14

what does Hall’s study look at?

Answer 14

ideas of society’s reaction to certain forms of deviance

Question 15

Hall’s study looks at society’s reactions of deviance through…

Answer 15

social class positions and economic conditions of the time

Question 16

what example does Hall use to explain policing the crisis?

Answer 16

mugging

Question 17

how does Hall use mugging to explain society’s reaction to deviance?

Answer 17

Britons associated mugging with black males during and economic crisis w/ high unemployment
led to racial tensions rising and more competition for jobs

Question 18

what did media reporting and crackdown on mugging cases lead to?

Answer 18

moral panic and make a public link with race and crime

Question 19

evaluation points for neo-marxism

Answer 19

doesn’t explain serious crime
doesn’t look at gender or ethnicity
other subcultures exist in the MC
ignores how the majority of society does conform to norms and values