Traditional Marxism which is based of the idea of a 'reletivistic' theory where there are sets of competing values in this case between the ruling and the working class.
They believe that the basis of the law is that it beneifts only the ruling class mostly because theya re the ones actually making the law and the fact that it is enforced unfairly giving undue attention to the working class and rarely persuing the ruling class
Bonger (1916) is one of the first Marxists to point out that most crime is motivated by the values of greed and selfishness within society and it is this which drives people to crime
Chambliss (1975) studied vagrancy laws within the UK which stated that any person on the road without a job was presumed to be a highwayman to prevent people moving to where workers were in short supply and getting a higher wage
Criticisms:
- The victims of crime are often working class and are not taken account in this particular theory
- Generally the view is very 'one dimensional' as it does not explore the full complexities of the structures of law making within society.
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