Economic Theories

Question 1

Marxist theory ku

Answer 1

-capitalism encourages criminality by encouraging self-interest and materialism and making people aspire to unrealistic and unattainable standards

-capitalism creates inequality and poverty leading to higher crime rates

-White collar crime is ignored by authorities to allow ruling class to maintain power. This shows gov criminalises the masses and creates crime by attempting to control and imprison those who do not conform.

Question 2

Marxist Theory Analysis

Answer 2

-Because of these unattainable standards many people turn to crime to attempt to acheive this leading the crime rate to go up
-because capitalism creates poverty people in desperate situations are forced into crime just to survive leading crime rates to go up
-because white collar crime is ignored that is why we see higher rates of blue collar crime because they are over policed and scrutinised more heavily

Question 3

Marxist theory evaluation

Answer 3

In a capitalist society there is immense pressure to make more money. This means some white collar crimes can be attributed to this theory as well

Question 4

Poverty and crime ku

Answer 4

52% more crimes were recorded in the most income deprived areas in London in 2022

Dundee has one of the highest levels of child poverty in Scotland (31%) live below the poverty line

Dundee has the most recorded crime in the country in 2021/22 (807 crimes per 10,000 people)

Dundee also has the 6th highest level of sexual crimes reported in scotland

Question 5

Poverty and crime Analysis

Answer 5

• the poverty to crime rate in London could be because of higher policing in those areas
  -the rate of poverty and the rate of crime in dundee could be linked with people getting desperate and turning to crime either for survival or an escape from the stress