Neo-Marxist and L. Realist Explanations

• What did N-M Paul Gilroy say motivated some Blk youths to commit crime?


  Commit crime as a political act, protesting against institutional racism in society + police
• According to Gilroy, what are riots actually meant to be?


  Political uprisings by youths aggravated by capitalist society
• AO3: The CCCS were criticised for ignoring what?

  Gender
• AO3: The CCCS were criticised for focusing exclusively on which social class subcultures?

  WC youth subs
• AO3: Which perspective says that the CCCS’ work is outdated?


  Post-modernists
• L. Realist explanations tend to focus on what 2 factors as drivers of deviance?

  1. Poverty
  2. Deprivation
• Who are 2 significant L. Realist thinkers?

  John Lea & Jock Young
• Define ‘relative deprivation’:

  Ppl are deprived (materially or in other ways) compared to others in society
• Define ‘marginalisation’:

  Complex process by which spec. groups of ppl are relegated to the lower edges of society
• What is Young’s concept of a ‘bulimic society’?


  Consumption-driven society consumes media images, causing envy + frustration amongst the deprived when they can’t achieve those idealised goals.
• AO3: L. R. explanations are more - and can explain diff. types of deviant youth subcultures

  up-to-date
• AO3: There is no - suggesting that criminals interpret realities on the basis of relative deprivation + marginalisation

  Empirical evidence
• Why are L. R. explanations critiqued in relation to social class?

  They don't explain why not all WC youths experiencing relative deprivation turn to deviant subcultures