Class, power and crime 0.0 / 5 ? SociologyCrime and devianceA2/A-levelAQA Created by: emilywhite17Created on: 06-02-20 18:34 According to marxists, what are the three main elements of crime? 1) Criminogenic capitalism 2) state and law making 3) ideological functions of the law 1 of 17 What is meant by criminogenic capitalism? Capitalisms very nature cause crime 2 of 17 What is meant by selective law enforcement ? Powerless groups are criminalised and crimes of the powerful are ignored 3 of 17 What does Chamberliss say? Laws to protect private property are the cornerstone of capitalism 4 of 17 What is meant by ideological functions of the law? Laws are passed that appear to benefit everyone but only really benefit the ruling class 5 of 17 What is some of the evaluation of Marxism on crime? Ignores other factors that affect crime such as ethnicity and gender 6 of 17 Is the marxist approach viewed as deterministic? Yes 7 of 17 What did Taylor et al compose? The fully social theory of deviance 8 of 17 What is the Neo-marxist view on crime? Combine ideas of labelling theory and marxist theory 9 of 17 What theory does this evaluate? This theory romanticises working-class criminal as Robin Hoods Neo-Marxists 10 of 17 According to Sunderland, what is meant by white collar crime? a crime committed by a person of respectability and high status in the course of his occupation 11 of 17 What is meant by occupational crime? Crime committed by an individual for their own personal gain, often against the organisation they work for 12 of 17 What is meant by corporate crime? Crime committed by an employee for their organisation in pursuit of its goals 13 of 17 How does Pearce and Tombs definition of White collar crime differ from Sunderlands? Include "any illegal act or omission" so the action does not have to break the law 14 of 17 What are some of the types of corporate crime? 1) Financial 2) Environmental 3) Crimes against consumers 15 of 17 What did Harold Shipman do? Was a GP who was convicted of murder of 15 patients 16 of 17 What is meant by the differential association theory? Crime is behaviour learned from others in a social context 17 of 17
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