CP&C Marxism

Question 1

What is meant by Criminogenic capitalism, Alienation and the Marxist law view

Answer 1

• CC - you should just know it / eval - crime still occurs in communism
• Alienation - WC having no control in society or over themselves = status frustration
• Law - r/c determine what is criminal and therefore control the w/c

Question 2

// Marxism //
What does Chambliss say on law

Answer 2

• English laws brought to East African colonies = created taxes and economy forcing people to get jobs and money in order to submit to capitalism

Question 3

// Marxism //
What does Snider say on laws

Answer 3

• capitalist sate won’t pass laws that regulate business / profit

Question 4

// Marxism //
What does “Dog eat Dog” mean

Answer 4

• Gordon - capitalism causes competion within corporations and therefore corporate crime

Question 5

// Marxism //
What is meant by selective enforcement ?
Give evaluation

Answer 5

• targeting w/c and minorities, police ignore crime of the powerful
• Eval - CJS is professional & follows regulations

Question 6

// Marxism //
What does Pearce mean by Psychological functions ?

Answer 6

• business create a false consciousness of caring e.g health and safety benefits - which aren’t enforced

• The states selective enforcement makes crime look like a w/c phenomenon

Question 7

// Neo-Marxism //
What is meant by a social theory of deviance ?
And evaluation

Answer 7

• Taylor et al - Crime is done to change society (?)

Eval - left realist - romanticises w/c criminals “ Robin Hood figures “

Question 8

//CP&C//
What are Marxist subcultures
Give evaluation

Answer 8

• Cohen - SKINHEADS WC UNITY SYMBOLS CLOTHES - assert masculinity through FOOTY ⚽️ violence

•Hebidge - Punks

•Eval - subcultures become commercialised
- Blackman - ignores variation in race / gender