Neo-Marxism

• Do Gillot and Hall reject the view that the official stats reflect reality?


  Yes as they believe that they are the outcomes of a social construction process that stereotypes minorities as more criminal than whites.
• What are Gilroys ideas?

  The myth of black criminality

  
  

  Crime as political resistance
• What is the myth of black criminality?

  The idea of black criminality is a myth created by racist stereotypes. In reality these groups are no more criminal that nay other group.
• Do the CJS act on these racist stereotypes?

  Yes, so minorities are criminalised and appear in treated numbers on the official statistics
• What does Gilroy mean by suggesting crime is a political resistance?

  Gilroys argues that the crimes of ethnic minorities aer a form of political resistance against a racist society. This resistance started with the struggles against British imperialism.
• What did Gilroys say about Blacks and Asians in the UK?

  He suggested that they are from former British colonies, where their anti-colonial struggles taught them how to resist oppression
• What are some examples of resisting oppression?

  Riots and demonstrations
• Who found themselves the victims of racism and what did they do ?

  Blacks and Asians found themselves the victims of racism so they adopted the same struggles to defend themselves, but their political struggle was criminalised by the British state
• Why is Gilroys view like critical criminology?

  He argues that a lot of working class crime is an act of resistance to capitalism
• Why did Lea and Young criticise Gilroy?

  They pointed out that first generation immigrants were law abiding citizens. So, they dont appear to have passed ont he tradition of anti-colonial struggle
• What did Gilroys say wrongly romanticise and why? (criticism)

  He wrongly romanticised street crime as revolutionary. Asian crime rates are similar to whites. So, if Gilroy was right the police are only racist towards blacks and not Asians