Marxism Flashcards
(18 cards)
What are the ruling class called?
Bourgeoise
What are the subject class called?
Proletariants
What is capitalism?
Economic system that characterised by the concept of free market
What does Karl Marx suggest about capitalism?
Cannot guarantee wealth from everyone
What is Marxism view on crime?
Criminogenic
What do Marxisms say is the cause of crime?
Capitalism
Why are the working class more likely to cause crime?
They don’t get payed the value of their labour so the only way to survive is crimes
What does inequality cause?
Frustration
What are laws in favour for?
Capitalists
Why are the laws unfair according to marxism?
Laws are enforced on the working class but not on the upper class
Who are blamed in society for everything?
Working class blamed for social problems rather then capitalism itself
According to Marxists how can crime be controlled?
Get rid of all private healthcare
Equal pay, close gap in pay
Get rid of all private education
Free legal aid
What does Marxism give a useful explanation of?
Between crime and capitalism, explain white collar crime and state crime
What does Marxism show the link between?
Law making and enforcement and interests of the capitalist class, how society could change
Why is it a positive that Marxism examines the power struggle in society?
As inequality in still relevant
What does marxism largely ignore?
The relationship between crime and the on-class inequalities such as gender and ethnicity
Why is Marxism too deterministic?
It over predicts that the working class are always forced into community crime and the upper class always commits financial crime
What capitalist countries do not have high crime rates?
Japan
Switzerland
