Marginalisation - Lea and Young

How do Lea and Young describe Marginalisation?

Marginal groups generally lack the organisation to represent their interests in political life and consequently their concerns are not generally taken seriously by those in positions of power

What does Lea and Young suggest that Marginalised Groups do to express their grievances?

Tend to use violence and rioting as forms of political action to express their sense of grievance

What do Lea and Young claim as the underlying reason for Crime?

Inequality - even with reasonable living standards and low rates of poverty

• those left behind in an increasingly unequal society could become marginalised, feel deprived and form subcultures that encourage criminality

Who created the Marginalisation Theory?

Lea and Young