Marxist Explanations of Crime and Deviance

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1. What female Marxist said something about corporations?

  • Snider - State doesn't want to pass laws against pollution, worker health, etc as would lose investement oppurtunities
  • Sniper - I ain't no female! Don't tell the team about this! Please!
  • Mannheim - State doesn't want to pass laws against pollution, worker health, etc as would lose investement oppurtunities
  • Bonger - State doesn't want to pass laws against pollution, worker health, etc as would lose investement oppurtunities
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2. How does the law benefit the ruling class?

  • Three day trials make corruption easy! ;)
  • Criminal justice system exists to test the power of Bourgeoisie, agents of Informal social control make laws to control and punish w/c
  • Criminal justice system exists to maintain power of Bourgeoisie, agents of social control make laws to control and punish w/c
  • All structural systems exist to maintain power of Bourgeoisie, agents of social control make laws to control and punish w/c

3. How does Gordon argue the law enforcement in USA supports the capitalist society?

  • Selecting members to be punished not institutions of capitalism, Imprisonment of selected members netralises opposition, By keeping criminals hidden in prisons the failures of society are hidden
  • Forcing all members to be punished not institutions of capitalism, Imprisonment of all members netralises opposition, By keeping criminals seen in prisons the successes of society are seen
  • Particularly in American society, dog eat dog and with no welfare system wealth is paramount
  • "..." *lifts combine with Gravity gun*

4. What do Taylor, Walton and Paul say in their book 'The New Criminology'?

  • Crime can only be understood by looking at: Wider social origins of the deviant act, The immediate origins of the act, Meaning given to the act by others, Historical context of this reaction, Impact of the social reaction to it and future of criminal
  • Crime can only be understood by looking at: Smaller social origins of the deviant act, The secondary origins of the act, Meaning given to the act by them, Historical context of this reaction, Impact of the social reaction to it and future of criminal
  • Crime can't only be understood by looking at: Wider social origins of the deviant act, The immediate origins of the act, Meaning given to the act by them, Historical context of this reaction, Impact of the social reaction to it and future of criminal
  • Dragons exist 0-o

5. How do Feminists criticise Marxism?

  • Loudly like a Loudred
  • They assume communism would eradicate crime, not true in Soviet Union
  • They ignore importance of patriachary, too much emphaise on class conflict
  • Jones notes capitalism doesn't always have high crime rates, Switzerland doesn't

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