Neo-Marxism and Crime
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- Created on: 18-05-16 16:24
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- Neo-Marxism and Crime
- Influenced by Trad. Marxism and Labelling Theory.
- New Criminology
- Taylor, Walton and Young.
- Argue Trad. Marxism is too deterministic.
- We are 'voluntarists' - believe individuals have free will.
- We choose how we react to capitalism - this may well be through crime.
- We are 'voluntarists' - believe individuals have free will.
- Crime is a deliberate and meaningful political response.
- Vandalism is a symbolic attack on society's obsession with property.
- Evaluation
- Left Realists have criticised NC for over-romanticizing WC criminals
- Robin Hood characters!
- Taylor et al - NC do not take effects of crime on W/C victims seriously.
- Difficult to find the political motive behind domestic violence, ****, and child abuse?
- Burke - Too general to explain crime
- And too idealistic to take it practically!
- Left Realists have criticised NC for over-romanticizing WC criminals
- Argue that the R/C are aware of the revolutionary potential of the W/C.
- Therefore it takes steps to control it!
- Targets W/C areas.
- Introduces repressive laws such as the CJA.
- Moral Panics are created - DIVIDE AND RULE!!
- Hall - mugging and street robbery in the 1970's. Used to divide Black and White W/C's.
- Diverted attention from the mismanaged capitalist state.
- Therefore it takes steps to control it!
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