Crime and Deviance - Marxism

• See power being held by the bourgeoise and laws are a relfection of bourgeoise ideology 
• The legal system all serves the interests of the bourgeoise
• Capitalism is crimogenic

Castles and Kosack

• Eploitation of the working class helps capitalism to legitamise poor pay and working conditions dividr and rule - Scapegoat

David Gordon 

• We live in a dog-eat-dog society

William Chambliss 

• At the heart of the capitalist system lies the protection of private property

Laureen Snider 

• The capitalist state doesn't want to pass laws that may affect businesses and their profits 
• The ruling classes have the power to stop laws that are not in their own interests 
• We have an unequal access to the law 

Althusser 

• Analyses how aspects of the criminal justice system functions to socially control those at the bottom end of society 

Strengths

• 'dog-eat-dog' explains both working class and white-collar elite crime 
• Lots of supporting…