Marxism Flashcards
who was the main marxist
Box
what are the main points of marxism
- capitalist society
- capitalist ideology
- avoidable killings
- alienation
- crime as a rational response to capitalism
- white collar crime
what is a capitalist society
a system where trade is controlled by private owners for profit and those with money control trade to make more profit for themselves but majority of people are not in this position
what is capitalist ideology
we are brainwashed as the powerful upper class control the powerless working class
how do upper classes control
- informal social control e.g family, religion, media and education
- formal social control e.g government, police and armed forces
what do marxists believe about policing
- different social classes are policed differently so lower class crimes are more detected
- government makes up their on statistics to suit their purposes to make it look like working class commit more crime
what is the word for upper/ruling class
bourgeoise
what is the word for working class
proletariat
what is the statistic for false and misleading statistics of government
42%
what does Box say about avoidable killings
a killing that did not need to happen that is usually commuted by the rich and tend to go unpunished
what is alienation
a sense of powerless and lack of control the working class feel through capitalism which can drive people to commit crime
what is the link between crime and economy
- crime is caused by poverty, poor living conditions and scarcity of resources
- promoting greed and leads to materialism, racism and violence
what are white collar crimes
crimes committed by the rich and powerful, usually in the world of work
what do marxists say about white collar crimes
there is lots of focus on violent crimes but little attention on white collar crimes despite the harm they cause
what does Chambliss say
capitalism creates desires but also creates inability to earn enough to get these so people turn to crime
