Traditional Marxism and Crime
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- Traditional Marxism and Crime
- Predominantly focuses on W/C boys committing crime as a resistance against capitalism.
- Joining a gang can help offer a 'solution' and a support system to like-minded disadvantaged youths.
- Therefore- Crime is inevitable!
- They are unable to prosper due to education inequality, low employment.
- Criminogenic.
- Therefore- Crime is inevitable!
- They are unable to prosper due to education inequality, low employment.
- Joining a gang can help offer a 'solution' and a support system to like-minded disadvantaged youths.
- How can Crime be prevented?
- Provision of better education and job opportunities for W.C boys.
- View that subcultures such as PUNKS are wearing a 'uniform' to represent their rebellion from society.
- Rebellion - Merton's Strain Theory?
- Criminal Justice System.
- 'Justice is open to everyone the same way as the Ritz Hotel' - Justice Sturgess.
- Crime is created by a criminal structure.
- Capitalism is criminal as it exploits the Proletariat for the benefit of the Bourgeoisie
- All crime is defined, upheld etc by the Bourgeoisie, created from acts which seek to underpin ruling class ideology.
- ISA!! Althusser?
- The law seeks to protect the rich! - Chambliss - laws are merely instruments to protect private property.
- Selective Law enforcement.
- Box - 'serious crime' is a ideological construction. Multinational crime hidden by this.
- ISA!! Althusser?
- Pearce - Crimes of the Powerful
- Box - 'serious crime' is a ideological construction. Multinational crime hidden by this.
- Box - 'serious crime' is a ideological construction. Multinational crime hidden by this.
- Inequality
- Is also a crime! The world's rich having so much whilst the world's poor starve.
- Proletariat face a huge amount of relative poverty.
- Gordon (1971) - it is surprising that the W/C do not commit more crime!
- Main cause of Crime as well as being a crime in its own right!
- Evaluations
- Why does crime still occur in Communist countries?
- Western workers are protected more than most.
- Snider - Argues capitalist states only pass H&S laws when forced to to appear beneficial to all.
- More people are concerned with 'physical crimes' - such as theft, mugging, burglary.
- Victims of Crime are often W/C instead of Bourgeoisie owners.
- If Capitalism caused crime, why isnt the most crime committed by elderly and the young who are the poorest?
- Blaming Capitalism removes personal responsibility.
- Vicky Pryce case shows the opposite...
- Predominantly focuses on W/C boys committing crime as a resistance against capitalism.
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