Marxism Flashcards
What do laws do? (Marxism crime)
Reflect the interests of the dominant capitalist class - made for the elite
Who stated crime is rationale and reasonable? (Marxism crime)
Gordon
What does capitalism do? (Marxism crime)
Creates values of self profit, unequal distribution of wealth and poverty
How does white collar crime occur? (Marxism crime)
Highly intelligent and planned long term, often involving manipulation of numbers
Explain the ENRON case study (Marxism crime)
- energy business
- often caused black outs in California
- manipulated figures
- eventually journalist figured out what was happening
- only one CEO sent to prison (scape goat)
Who saw the law as an ideological state apparatus? (Marxism crime)
Althusser
What did Box state? (Marxism crime)
Workers death was due to a lack of health and safety, being a civil crime and not criminal
How did Croall define white collar crime? (Marxism crime)
A crime committed in the course of legitimate employment, an abuse of occupational role
Why are white collar crimes overlooked? (Marxism crime)
Not feared, often invisible, morally ambiguous and not fully understood
What is capitalism? (Marxism crime)
Capitalism is criminogenic - crime is inevitable
