ideological functions of the law

Question 1

what theory is it

Answer 1

marxism

Question 2

what is the defintion of an ideology

Answer 2

a set of typical ideas about crime given to a society that conceal the inequality of a capitalist society on the proletariat

Question 3

what is selective enforcement

Answer 3

• a way in which crime conceals capitalists inequalities
• makes crime seem like the fault of the WC
• divides the WC
• encourages workers to blame WC criminals for their problems rather than blaming capitalism
• this prevents a revolution, blame each other not the system

Question 4

what does selective enforcement do

Answer 4

shifts attention away from much more serious ruling class crime (WCC , state crime)

Question 5

what does pearce say

Answer 5

• workers think they have some rights
• however they are weakly implemented and very hard to gain a win legally
• gives workers false impression that they are being looked after
• provides capitalism with a caring face and hides real inequality of capitalism
• wc accepts this