Marxism in crime plan

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Created on: 27-05-21 09:25

Basis of criminal law

All laws are effectively aimed at being focused toward w/c people. For example burglary aides m/c people because they have things that are worth stealing. Whereas a w/c person doesn't. However in evaluation not all laws are focused on w/c some are focused

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Hegemony of the ruling class

The middle class filter down their ideas and impose their values on w/c people, effectively this leads to crime because therefore both groups, the law and the criminals have different sets of values. Therefore creating conflict. However, not all police me

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Law enforcement

All laws when enforced by the police favour the m/c. Some of laws could favour all if they were applied fairly. However the interpretation and enforcement of law is in favour of the bourgeoisie and therefore the police will arrest and punish the working c

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Individual motivation (Bonger 1916)

Society is based on greed and competition, so when w/c people can't get what m/c people have because of poverty, they turn to crime because of this. He also said many people turned to crime simply because of their desperate living conditions.

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Crime and control

Whenever the w/c gain a slight advantage over the m/c they pull that advantage back thoroughly. Crime supports the ideology of capitalism as it diverts attention away from the exploitative nature of capitalism. This then justifies heavy policing of w/c ar

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Strain theory

Another theory is.....
Strain theory by Merton, states people want to achieve socially accepted goals through socially accepted means but this was not always possible. Therefore they turned to respond, one response he outlined was innovation. Because they

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Marxism in crime plan