Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Marxist and Neo-Marxist
explanations of deviant subcultures
- Traditional
Marxism
- Gordon
- Capitalism causes crime because it promotes consumerism and materialism.
This encourages people to be greedy
- Explains why poorer people commit crime because it creates a 'culture of envy'. But also
explains why those with money commit crime tax evasion and fraud. eg Abby Lee or Jimmy Carr
- Criticism
- Not all the proletariat turn to crime in the pursuit of wealth
- Dosn't explain crime that doesn't have a financial benefit
- Neo Marxism
(CCCS)
- Hall and Jefferson
- Resistance against capitalism. The Teddy Boys and Punks. Exploitation,
low pay and inner city decline
- Hall
- Hippies did resistance through protests
- Brake
- Magical soloution
- Clarke
- Exaggeration
- Criticism
- Not all working class youths turn to crime
- What about white collar crime/ crimes committed by middle class youthd
- Growing affluence in modern society but crime levels are still high
- New Left Realism
- Lea and Young
- Marginalisation + Relative Deprivation and subcultures
- Criticism
- Too ambitious tries to encourage all kinds of criminal behaviour