Ethnicity and Crime: Neo-Marxist Approaches
Neo-Marxism integrates Marxist and Interactionist theories to analyze the portrayal of ethnic minorities as criminals by the media and state. Stuart Hall’s “Policing the Crisis” demonstrates how a moral panic about mugging in the 1970s diverted attention from economic issues, ultimately perpetuating the criminalization of black youth. This perspective is significant in A-level sociology’s Crime and Deviance module.