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
There are six elements of neomarxist theory :
-Why do people commit crimes (the act itself )
-The immediate origin of reaction ( social reaction )
-The wider origins of the act ( unequal society )
-Effect of labelling
Criticism of neomarxist
Fail to address effect of crime on working class
According to Pearce and Tombs what is the definition of CORPORATE CRIME
Any illegal act done by legitimate business to benefit the business
What does Tombs say about corporate crime
It has a cost
Corporate crime examples
Financial Crime - money laundering
Crime against employees- racial discrimination
Crime against consumer - false labelling
What is Abuse of trust and give an example
This is when High power gave opportunity to abuse trust and one example is dentist claim pay out from NHS for treatments you haven’t done
Reasons why corporate crime is invisible
The media - limited coverage
Crime is complex - not enough resources
Explanation of corporate crime
-Box says it - businesses can’t achieve goal by normal means so achieve through illegitimate means
-labelling - upper class able to fund money to go unlabelled
- deviant subculture - employees can’t achieve goals so fall into deviant subcultures
Criticism of white collar crime (AO3)
Melden says too deterministic
Law abiding more profitable
