neo-marxism and crime/ critical criminology

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*Taylor, Walton and Young*

traditional Marxism is too deterministic. we have **voluntarism** (free will). criminals aren’t passive puppets and **crime is political** and even a revolutionary act.

a ‘**fully social theory of deviance**’ (what it is)

a theory created by *Taylor, Walton and Young* which combines traditional Marxist ideas with ideas from labelling and interactionist theory

a ‘**fully social theory of deviance**’ (components)

1. the wider origins of the deviant act
2. the immediate origins of the deviant act
3. the actual act
4. the immediate origin of social reaction
5. the wider origins of social reaction
6. the effects of social reaction/labelling

the wider origins of the deviant act

you need to locate the deviant act within the wider social system ie., capitalism and all the inequalities that go with it

the immediate origins of the deviant act

the immediate social context in which an individual chooses to commit a crime