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Assess the contribution of Marxist theories to an understanding of the relationship between deviance and power. 40marks. The Marxist approach to deviance is very varied, incorporating a wide number of sociologists who interpret Marx differently. The basic Marxist approach at its simplest is seen as the working class rebelling against the suppressive capitalist system. This is a positivist approach to understanding crime and deviance because deviant behaviour is explained as being produced by forces beyond individual's controls. Neo-Marxists agree with traditional Marxists, however they believe that the explanation for deviance does not lie solely in the infrastructure of society, they also try to be aware of reactions to those who break the law. This is a social action theorist's perspective; they accuse positivist's ideas as being too deterministic, regarding the individual as being too trapped by circumstances and having no free will to resist the circumstances. Under the umbrella term of...

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