Marxist Explanations of Crime and Deviance
- Created by: Ash-Ketchum
- Created on: 03-10-15 11:49
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2. How are Marxists criticised?
- Assumes ruling class have all power, not always true
- They assume communism would eradicate crime, not true in Soviet Union
- Capitalism doesn't always have high crime rates, Switzerland doesn't
- With the bullets of oppression the upper classes fire endlessly!
3. How does the selective enforcement of law takes away from unfair nature of society?
- The occasional prosecution of ruling class crime makes the system appear fair and that ruling class crime is small
- The frequent prosecution of ruling class crime makes the system appear fair and that ruling class crime is small
- Particularly in American society, dog eat dog and with no welfare system wealth is paramount
- L only investigating Light draws attention from unfairness of his eating cake but others getting only bread!
4. Who notes something about capitalism and crime?
- A large number of crimes dealing with factories in capitalist societies
- Mannheim - A large number of crimes dealing with property in capitalist societies
- A large number of crimes dealing with money in capitalist societies
- A notepad named Paddy
5. What does Gordon say about crime being rational?
- "..." *smashes stuff with crowbar*
- Particularly in English society, cat eat cat and with a big welfare system wealth is paramount
- Particularly in American society, dog eat dog and with no welfare system wealth is paramount
- All classes commit crime, w/c can only commit street crime (Mugging, prositution), while m/c class commit fraud etc
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