Marxism

Question 1

Why does crime/deviance happen?
- Criminogenic Capitalism

Answer 1

• capitalism is crimongenic, based on the exploitation of wc
• WC commit crime to survive and escape poverty, get consumer goods that capitalism promotes
• GAP crime
  G - greed
  A - alienation
  P - poverty
  Ruling class - notion of American Dream, crime, get richer
• e.g. tax evasion
• Gordon (1976) response to capitalism and hence it is found it all social classes

Question 2

Why does crime/deviance happen?
- The State and Law Making