Ac2.3 Flashcards
Marxism: capitalist ideology
Conflict of interest between wealthy (bourgeoisie) and the poor (proletariat) The workers are exploited for little pay by owners. Blame exploitation on capitalist society
Marxist: capitalist social structure
Capitalism encourages greed competition and exploitation
Law made by by capitalist elite serves there interest
Criminal justice system focuses on policing working class not the wealthy
Desire luxury goods
Value place on financial gain leads the people breaking the law for goals
Emphasis on private property benefits wealthy not poor
Do marxists believe that capitalism is criminogeneic
Yes they believe a causes crime at all levels of society
Blue colour crime and examples
Time of the powerless eg theft more risk of getting caught more dangerous
White collar crime and examples
Crime of wealthy and Powerful like broad dangerous not in field
Chambliss: Marxism
Ruling class part of the crime syndicate use their wealth and influence to bribe officials to avoid punishments. He did a longitudinal study on organised crime in 60s wealthy and Powerful were main instigators police and businessman profit from illegal activities businessman control illegal dealings covered up by legitimate profession 70% of arrests were for drunk disorder courts filled with the poor and powerless
Marxists ideas on punishment
Judges (rulling class) give harsher punishments to poor media focus on crimes of poor ignores crimes of wealthy adds to the illusion ruling class deserve their powerful position
Marxists theory effective because
. Show’s how poverty and other social factors can cause blue collar crime shows our capitalism and greed can cause white collar crime
.show biases against the working class by the law makers and those who enforce the law
.sugests policy changes which could lead to substancial improvement
Marxists is ineffective theory because
.strong focus on working class crime doesn’t explain why people commit it
.only focused on class ignores other social factors
.crime still happens in communist countries therefore capitalism isn’t the cause some capitalist societies have low crime rates
Surveillance theory: Foucault the panopticon
Crime control has changed from sovereign power (physical punishment) to disaplinary (mind control) like a watch tower guards have potential to watch prisoners all times inmates believe they are being constantly watched so behave even when not directly under cctv
Surveillance theory: synoptic surveillance
We now live in a society where we watch eachother cause people to consider behaviour even further
e.g. ring doorbell dash cam snap maps
Surveillance theory: actuarial justice and profiling
We use knowledge to weigh risk of crime and likelihood of who/where the crime will be committed use this to help prevent further crime e.g. where to install cameras
Effectiveness of surveillance theory
.Foucault’s work has led to more research into disciplinary power
. researchers identified other forms of surveillance
.footage=evidence
.reduces criminality
Ineffective surveillance theory
.some inmate’s resist control
. doesn’t always change people’s behaviour crime still occurs with surveillance
. doesn’t take into account impulsive actions
. displacement-crime moves elsewhere
