CRIME AND DEVIENCE-SOCIAL CLASS 2 Flashcards
traditional marxism
crime is inevitable in capitalist society because capitalism is crimogenic (causes crime)
-exploitation of wc to gain profit leads to utilitarian crime to gain wealth and goods , creates allienation/fustration/violence/vandalism
crimogenic society
dog eat dog system
pursuit of profit encourages greed and self intrest
win at all cost mentality
create coparate (business) and white collar crime such as tax evasion and fraud
ideological functions - selective enforcement reiman
within the criminal justice system, selected bias when applying law. police more likely target wc areas and wc more likely to be criminalised than middle class
ideological fndticons - selective law enformcemtn - snider
the capitalist state is reluctant to pass laws that regulate the activities of business or threatened their probability eg lavina Woodward
idioligicla functions - selective law making > Chambliss 1975
laws to protect private property are the cornerstone of capitalist economy. the ruling class have the power to prevent introduction of laws that would threatened their interests
a03 of Chambliss: police/cjs criticise this: professionalism
the police/cjs are professional org and theirfroe should comply with regulation
EVAL OF IDOELOGICAL FUNCTIOSN: SELECTIVE LAW ENFORCEMENT AND MAKING : strength
gives wider structural context to crime, useful explanation of link with crime and cpaitlaims
EVAL OF IDOELOGICAL FUNCTIOSN: SELECTIVE LAW ENFORCEMENT AND MAKING : weakness
ignores patetrs of crime such as ethnicity and gender
too detemrinsitiic-not all poor people commit cirme
Communist society have crime
not all capitalist society has high rate of crime
ideological funcitons of crime: ideolgiicla functions of law Pearce - prevent revolution
Pearce: laws give capitalism a caring face and create and false consciousness among workers. this is because state enforces law selectively.this divides wc due to how it encourages workers to blame the criminals in their midst for their problems
white collar crime> Sutherland quote
‘white collar crime is crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of his occupation
white collar crime> Sutherland quote
fails to distinguish between two types of wcc
occupational crime> by employe for own personal gain against organisation they work for
cooperative crime> crime committed by employees for their organisation in pursuit of its goals eg finical crime:tax evasion, crime agsint consumers: false profiting/selling unfit goods
crimes agsint the powerful: abuse of trust
proffesionals occur positions of trust/responability that give them the occupation to violate trust eg tax fraud. so in Sunderland view wccc more a threat to society than wc street crime as it promotes distrust if key institutions, undermining fabric of society.
invisibility of cooperative crime: media
gives very limited coverage to cooperative crime, makes it appeal a wc phenomenon. wc crime is described using sanitised lang
explanation of coperate crime- strain theory: box
using merton strain theory, box argues that is a company can’t achieve its goal of maximising profit by legal means it may employ illegal means instead
explanation of operate crime- differential association Sutherland
sees crime a behaviour learned from others in a social context. if we associated ourself with people who have criminal attitudes, we are more likely to be devint yourself.
