Marxist Views on Crime

Question 1

Criminogenic capitalism

Answer 1

Crime is inevitable in a capitalist society as it is based on the exploitation of the working class. GAP crime:
G- Greed
A- Alienation
P- Poverty
Gordon says crime is a rational response to capitalism

Question 2

Criminogenic capitalism evaluation

Answer 2

Too deterministic, ignores free will

Question 3

The state and law making

Answer 3

Chambliss says that laws to protect private property are the cornerstone of the capitalist economy, such as introduction of English laws into East African colonies, tea and coffee plantations, enforced a taxation that must be paid so people had to work

Question 4

The state and law making evaluation

Answer 4

Feminists say that laws are instead patriarchal, such as the idea that women can’t get sterilised but men can

Question 5

Selective enforcement

Answer 5

The criminal justice system turns a blind eye to certain groups, such as the middle class, Reiman found high prosecution rates for street crimes, and low for crimes of the suites. Man made a Facebook group for a riot, but Donald Trump can post about a riot and gets away with it

Question 6

Selective enforcement evaluation

Answer 6

Bernard Madoff was sentenced to 150 years in prison for being a fraud star

Question 7

Ideological functions of crime and law

Answer 7

To keep workers passive and docile, health and safety laws, and the NHS give the powerful a caring face, when it is just to get workers back into work quicker, the WC therefore go against the WC

Question 8

Ideological functions of crime and law evaluation

Answer 8

A lot of the working class are aware of their exploitation, they just can’t do anything about it