Theories of Crime and Deviance - Hall | A Level Sociology

welcome to this tutor to you sociology topic video looking at theories of crime and deviance examining the work of Stuart Hall Stuart Hall was one of the founding members of the Birmingham School of cultural studies and was influential in the development of cultural studies and is often cited for his work on crime and

also on the representation of minority groups within the media in particular his work policing the crisis examin the role of the media and represent minority groups during the crisis of aemy in the UK in the 1970s htal applied Marxist ideas of structural inequality and interactionist ideas of moral panics and folk Devils to

the creation and reporting of the moral panic over black criminality during this period and how this led to an increase in the representation of minority groups in crime statistics Hall was writing at a time of great social turmoil in the UK and globally the 1970s saw many challenges to the established order of society the

postwar consensus of developing Britain had ended and with it came high unemployment and several economic crises there was a growth of Trade union activity in response and increasing industrial action whilst activism against inequalities in gender race and sexuality was seen as being problematic for the established order of society further conflicts at home and

abroad including the height of the conflict in Northern island with the Bloody Sunday Massacre and the rising power of the OPEC oil Nations to dictate oil prices saw rolling blackouts and rises in the price of Petrol in the UK Western nations were also under threat from the rise in international terrorism as a result of conflict in the