Marxism

Question 1

Gordon

Answer 1

Capitalism criminogenic

Question 2

Chambliss

Answer 2

Laws protect property and therefore ruling class interests

Question 3

Snider

Answer 3

State reluctant to pass laws which regulate corporate profits

Question 4

Snider

Answer 4

Law enforced in favour of r/c ideology. the crimes of the powerful are ignored.

Question 5

Pearce

Answer 5

Laws act as a ‘caring face’ for capitalism. Fake populism to breed false class consciousness in the w/c. Teaches working class to blame their problems on each other, not the powerful.

Question 6

Taylor et al (Neo)

Answer 6

People make conscious choices in crime, based on:
structural cause
situational cause
meaning of act
social reaction
effect of label

Question 8

Reiman & Leighton

Answer 8

More likely crime is to be upper class, less weight it carries as an offence. street crime (poor crime) punished worst.

Question 9

Tombs

Answer 9

corporate crime has enormous costs (worker rights violations, environmental, economic) & and is rarely punished at all.

Question 10

Invisibility of corporate crime

Answer 10

Media doesn’t cover
Politicians don’t want to punish
Crimes are too complex
Corporate crime delabelled
Under reported

Question 11

Box

Answer 11

Companies get illegal with it if they can’t be legit for profit

Question 12

Sutherland

Answer 12

Crime learned from others in social context- corporate bosses all share social gatherings.

Question 13

Cicourel

Answer 13

W/c more likely to be labelled criminal
M/c can negotiate