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What is the difference between a Marxist and a Neo-Marxist?

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They have the same ideology by neo-Marxists recognise that there are problems with traditional Marxist explanations of crime and deviance

2
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What is Taylor et al’s ‘New Criminology’?

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A rejection of Marxist views that workers are driven to crime by economic necessity - they in fact believe that it is a voluntary act

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Why do people commit crimes?

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To protest against capitalism

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What did Taylor et al want to create?

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A ‘fully social theory of crime and deviance’

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Part 1 of ‘New Criminology’

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They look at the wider origins of the deviant act

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Part 2 of ‘New Criminology’

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They look at the immediate origins of the deviant act

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Part 3 of ‘New Criminology’

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They looked at the act itself

8
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Part 4 of ‘New Criminology’

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The immediate origins of the social reaction

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Part 5 of ‘New Criminology’

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The wider origins of the social reaction in the structure of capitalist society

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Part 6 of ‘New Criminology’

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The effects of labelling on the deviants future actions

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What is the purpose for the 6 main stages of ‘New Criminology’?

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These 6 factors give a total explanation for crime and deviance

12
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Criticism of Taylor et al

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Feminism - it is ‘gender blind’ and only focuses of male criminality

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What do left realists say about Taylor et al?

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He romanticises working class criminals

He doesn’t take crime seriously and ignores its effects on working class victims