Explaining differences in offendingleft R + Neo Marx

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  • Created on: 17-06-15 18:15
until the ..... it was generally agreed that minority groups had a lower crime rate
70's
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However in the ..... conflict between afrocaribbean and police occured
mid 1970's
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until the 90's
asian crime was not viewed a problem
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the 9/11 in 2001
helped margianlise these groups especially muslims
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Left realism
statistics reflect real differences in the rates of offending
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Neo Marxism
statistics are a social construct resulting from the labelling and criminal justice system
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Left realists believe that crime is a result of
relative deprivation, subculture and marginalisation
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ethnic monorities poor, housing at the same as materialism in th media
and they can't gain it legitimately
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Subcultures form according to left realists
utilitarian and non ultitarian ( no orgainsations to represent them)
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who argues that police often unjustly crimilaise ethnic groups sometimes
Lea + Young (Left Realists)
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Left realists do not think that racist polcing is rge naub problem for example.... % of crime are reported by public
90
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Lea and Young argue we cannot explain police racism
because asians are treated favourably compared to black
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Lea and Young argues there is a real difference that
leads to high crime rates
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Lea and young have been criticised Asians
have a different role than blacks, blacks stereotype dangerous
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Streotypes have changed since the 9/11
asains are seen more dangerous
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Neomarxists believe that
statistics do not reflect reality
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Neomarxists believe in a social construction in crime
for example ethinic minorities more criminal than the majority of the population
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Gilroy is a
Neo Marxist
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Gilroy argues that ethnic minorities are no more criminal than any other
it just appears so because of the CJS acting on stereotypes
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Gilroy argues that ethic minorities were a form of ..... aginstthe British impericalism
political resistance
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who argues that when blacks found racism in britain they resisted the oppression like in early colonies
gilroy
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Gilroy argues that blacks political struggle was
criminalised by the state
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Lea and Young Critique Gilroy - first immigrants were very law abdiding
unlikley to pass down anti colonial struggles
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critique gilroy most crime intraethnic
so can't be anti colonial struggle
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who looked at the moral panic over muggers in the blacks
Hall
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Hall argued in the 1970's there was finacial crisis
so mugging crime was used as a scapegoat
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'New crime' according to Hall
just replaced the 'old crime' of theiving which already esxisted
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Hall argues that moral panic caused
blacks new lifestyle of crime
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Hall does not show evidence that the..... were blaming blacks
public
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However in the ..... conflict between afrocaribbean and police occured

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mid 1970's

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until the 90's

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the 9/11 in 2001

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Left realism

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