Using the material from item A and elsewhere assess the usefulness of Marxist approaches to an understanding of crime and deviance. (21 marks) Marxist approaches can be useful to help us understand crime and deviance. Marxists theory adopts the belief that the ruling class is responsible for societies. They think crime is systematically generated by the structure of capitalist society. Marxists believe that society is divided into two classes‚ the bourgeoisie and the proletariat. The bourgeoisie
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concepts are social inequality‚ deviance‚ and subcultures. Social inequality is the social differences that exist whenever one group of people has different access to the rewards a society offers. Deviance is a variation from a set of norms or shared social expectations. Finally‚ subcultures are groups of persons who share in the main culture of a society but also have their own distinctive values‚ norms‚ and lifestyles. Social inequality‚ deviance‚ and subcultures are clearly recognizable and are the concepts
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Straight-Edge and the Scene For some youth it’s all about the scene. What is the scene? The scene is a general reference to the music venues in which these youth participate. The straight-edge subculture is one that many may not be familiar with. Why is this? Probably because the straight-edge lifestyle is one of the few countercultures in which the youth that is involved tries to steer clear of drugs and overindulgence. It is closely related to the hardcore/punk music scene. The straight-edge
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stated in item B‚ ‘Strain theories focus on the ways in which people may resort to crime or deviance when they are unable to achieve socially approved goals by legitimate means.’ This is proved by Merton as he argues that there are five types of subcultures and they have different tendencies towards strain. These are :- conformist‚ innovation‚ ritualism‚ retreatism and rebellion. This theory explains why different people commit different types of crimes‚ for example; innovators have the same goals
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juvenile delinquency and how it relates to gangs. As a result‚ this paper will assess juvenile delinquency using subcultural theories with specific reference made to Trinidad and Tobago‚ (i.e. statistics‚ examples and references). The terms ‘gang’ and ‘subculture’ are used interchangeably in this essay since both hold the same meaning with respect to the subcultural theories. Assessing Juvenile Delinquency Using Subcultural Theories In a number of Caribbean countries including Trinidad and Tobago‚ the
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be yourself and show people who are and what you stand for and what your into and shapes who you are and is a piece of your personality. It also helps out people to let you know if this is the kind of person you should be hanging out with. Like the Emo all black‚ gangster sag there pants‚ sweet girls all pink‚ and etc what we wear is what makes us who we are and tells you who we are. Our clothing makes a judgement on us and puts us as who we are. If we had uniforms it would be so different people
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Nothing but themselves. You might be thinking what does uniform have to do with this… but to be honest uniforms are a reason why people today get bullied. If school had a no uniform policy students would dress the way they wanted to like‚ because of emo‚ Gina bambina‚ jock‚ preppy‚ skater style several people would bully one another based on their unique fashion sense. Having a uniform policy would prevent people to share their style at school‚ but it would prevent also bullying and people feeling
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major key and minor key. This is why we cry at sad songs and want to dance at happy and energetic songs. It has been proven that music therapy has helped depression. Suicide rates have actually been reduced by 87% due to what people consider to be “emo” music.
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concerned with‚ especially since there is a violent subculture in this nation which seeks out and indoctrinates people into their way of life. The crime that I will be focusing on during the course of this paper will be domestic terrorism‚ specifically hate groups such as the KKK‚ and various other white supremacy groups. The theory that I will be using to try and explain these crimes will be subcultural theory‚ but more especially the Subculture of Violence theory provided to us by Marvin Wolfgang
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happens in high school that can affect which road you choose is you might get exposed to drugs. At my high school you were not popular if you did drugs. You had your jocks which is what I was in and we all hung out together‚ then you had your nerds‚ your emos‚ your country boys‚ and another group we called them skanks at my high school. They were the ones that did the drugs and smoked and stuff. The only drugs at my high school that were really known of was marijuana and maybe some pills. The people that
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