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Crime & Deviance
Sociological Views on Crime & Deviance
Neo-Marxism & Critical Criminology
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What term is used for Marxists who adapt Marx's ideas?
Neo-Marxists
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What do neo-Marxists recognize about working-class criminals?
They make an active choice to
break the law
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How did neo-Marxists view criminal acts by groups like the Black Panthers?
As positive political acts against the
bourgeoisie
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What is the term for the neo-Marxist approach to crime and deviance?
Critical criminology
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What did Young and Taylor's The New Criminology aim to establish?
A
fully social theory of deviance
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What factors should Marxists consider regarding deviant acts according to Young and Taylor?
Structure of society and power
Structural "
macro
" background
Immediate cause of the act
Impact of the act (
immediate
and larger scale)
Societal reaction to the act
Impact of that reaction on individuals and society
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How does the neo-Marxist approach incorporate interactionism?
Through concepts like
labelling
in crime
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Who applied critical criminology to black muggers in the 1970s UK?
Stuart Hall
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What economic condition did Hall associate with black muggers?
A
crisis of capitalism
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What did some black individuals choose to do during unemployment according to Hall?
Enter the
informal economy
involving
crime
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How did the ruling class attempt to prevent anti-capitalist activism?
By dividing the
working class
along
racial lines
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What was the societal reaction to the moral panic about black street crime?
A
police crackdown
and
crime wave fantasy
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What was one consequence of the moral panic according to Hall?
It prevented revolutionary political change
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What are some criticisms of neo-Marxism and critical criminology?
Limited politically-motivated crime
Most crime victims are working class
Solutions to crime are needed, not just understanding
Hall's
theory seen as a conspiracy theory
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What do left realists argue regarding crime victims?
Most victims are
working class
individuals
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Why is Hall's theory about black muggers considered a conspiracy theory?
No proof of deliberate
class division
exists
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What did Hall acknowledge about the media's sensationalism of crime?
It sold
newspapers
rather than prevented revolutions
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