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marxism
- see society as
divided into two.
- bourgeosie and proleteriat.
- society is set up to help the rich
- and to keep it capitalist
- this is why the poor commit crime
- crime is envitable in capitalism
because capitalism is
criminogenic, by its very nature is
causes crime
- structural theory
- economic base
- determines shape of superstructure
- capitalism
- capitalism is based on the
exploitation of the working
class
- uses them as a
means to and end
(profit)
- it is therefore
damaging to the
working class
and this may
force them to
commit crime
- poverty may mean
that crime is the
only way the w/c
can survive
- crime may be the
onlyway they can obtain
the consumer good
erncouraged by
capitalist advertising
- alienation and lack of control may
lead to frustration and aggression,
resulting in crimes such as
violence and vandalism
- see law making and law
enforcements as only
serving the interests of the
capitalist class
- the r/c have the power to
prevent the introduction of
laws that would threaten
their interests
- police and courts
tend to ignore crimes
of the powerful
- laws are sometimes passed
to make it look like they are
there to benefit the w/c. for
example the health and
safety at work act
- critisims
- largely ignores the relationship
between crime and important
non-class inequallaties such as
ethinicity and gender
- too deterministic and over-predicts
the amount of crime in the w/c
- not all poor people commit crime despite
the pressure of poverty
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