Karl Marx- Marxism-Social Class

Question 1

What type of theory is this?

Answer 1

Sociological

Question 2

What is this theory?

Answer 2

Shows that the working class are the one doing the crime and the poorer side.

Question 3

What does Marxism intend?

Answer 3

That the ruling class has a significant overruling power over working class.

Question 4

What type of crime’s are targeted by police and not targeted by police

Answer 4

White collar crime- Ignored by the police since it is mainly done by the ruling class.

Blue collar crime- Done by the lower social class like theft, robbery

Question 5

Strengths of this theory?

Answer 5

That is explains the power imbalance between the ruling class and the working class.

Highlights harsher sentencing towards the blue collar crime.

Question 6

What are the limitations of this theory?

Answer 6

That it only focuses on class, ignores other factors like gender.

White collar professionals are found liable of offences.

Question 7

What is the policy that links to this theory?

Answer 7

Penal Populism

Question 8

What does this policy explain?

Answer 8

The government use the public to influence laws to be put into place to punish offenders.

An example is the three strike prison sentence for a third burglary conviction in 2000 introduced by the Labour Party.