Marxism Flashcards
Crime explained because of three main factors
Criminogenic capitalism
State and law making
Ideological functions of crime and law
What is criminogenic capitalism
Capitalism causes crime
Three aspects of criminogenic capitalism
POVERTY
CONSUMER GOOD
ALIENATION
How does poverty link ?
This would mean crime is the only fault you can live
How does consumer goods link ?
People want to obtain consumer goods via advertising. This leads to utilitarian crimes
What does alienation mean
When you are frustrated and lack control in life
Which case study did Chambliss do ?
Tax in east Africa
What was the tax in east Africa about ?
British introduced a law that tax could ONLY be paid in cash and IF YOU DID NOT pay tax it was a CRIME
What is selective enforcement ?
This is when the working class are criminalised due to law
What do REIMAN say ?
“Richer get rich and poor get prison “
What did peace argue
Ruling class created healthy and safety laws to create a false consciousness against workers
What is false consciousness ?
This is the belief that workers thought they were protected however the ruling class were just making them fit to work again
How is the state powerful ?
THE STATE is the enforcer of laws and they typically enforce laws that criminalise the working class
What are criticism of Marxist ?
Too deterministic
Ignores other factors non class related e.g. gender
How are neomarxist different to Marists?
They believe we have free will to commit the crime and they use Robin Hood as an example as he committed crime to give wealth back to community
