Topic 3 - Class, Power And Crime

Question 1

Marxist

Answer 1

Crimogenic capitalism - capitalism causes crime. Poverty leads to wc committing crime so they can survive.

Question 2

Taylor et al

Answer 2

Crime has political motive E.g. redistribution of wealth from rich to poor

Question 3

Leighton

Answer 3

Higher classes more likely to commit crimes such as tax evasion, less likely to be treated as an offence

Question 4

Tombs

Answer 4

Corporate crime has enormous costs such as to the environment E.g. pollution

Question 5

Box

Answer 5

If company’s cannot maxamise profit legitimately they may try doing this illegally

Question 6

Cicourel

Answer 6

Wc more likely to have actions labelled as criminal, MC able to negotiate non-criminal labels for misbehaviour

Question 7

Chambliss

Answer 7

laws to protect private property are cornerstone of society

Question 8

Snider

Answer 8

capitalist state reluctant to pass laws that threaten businesses profitbalilty