Marxism

Question 1

3 ideas from marxist perspective

Answer 1

Criminogenic capitalism
Selective enforcement
Ideological function of crime and the law

Question 2

Gordon Criminogenic capitalism + Relative deprivation

Answer 2

Capitalism causes greed not just poor people but the rich as well
The feeling of deprivation when comparing yourself to someone who has more

Question 3

Criminogenic capitalism ao2

Answer 3

Starbucks made over £3 billion in UK sales since 1998 but paid less than 1% in corporation tax

Question 4

Criminogenic ao3 ev

Answer 4

Too deterministic - not everyone who’s struggling turns to crime as it does not explain the people who don’t therefore unrepresentative

Question 5

Who makes the law?

Answer 5

Upper class

Question 6

Marxists think that the acts of the bourgeoisie are
under …… as its invisible and faceless
under …… as they share the same habitus as the members of the ……. ………system
under ……. as they can pay their way out of ………. and often …. receive one

Answer 6

Reported
Policed, Criminal justice
Punished, punishment, don’t

Question 7

Chambliss (AO2)

Answer 7

Plague wiped out w/c workforce and survivors travel to different villages to ask for higher wages because they were in demand to work for the higher class

= Laws introduced so all people accept work at a low and fixed wage

Question 8

Example of Selective enforcement

Answer 8

The BP Oil Spill
Grossly negligent pay $43 billion
Last year they made $13 billion

Question 9

Selective enforcement ao3 ev

Answer 9

laws against ruling class e.g hunting act 2004

Question 10

Ideological functions of crime and law

Answer 10

Laws are passed appear to be for the benefit of the working class rather than capitalism
e.g workplace health and safety laws

Question 11

Ideological functions of crime and law - Pearce

Answer 11

Such law benefit ruling class
e.g health and safety is not always followed

Question 12

Strength

Answer 12

Highlights a need to police the white collar crimes as well as blue collar

More representative than class blind functionalist approaches

Question 13

Weakness

Answer 13

Too deterministic as it assumes all poor people commit crime
Ignores gender and ethnicity inequality

Question 14

Neo Marxist - Critical Criminology

Answer 14

Crime is a conscious choice
Working class are deliberately acting in a criminal way to change capitalism e.g violent protesting in response to inequality

Question 15

AO3 ev of Neo marxist (3)

Answer 15

Criminals do not always act to overthrow capitalism
Does not explain impulse crimes
Feminists - they’re gender blind