Marxism (Explaining C/D) Flashcards
What do Marxists say about the structure of capitalism?
It is criminogenic - the structure of capitalism itself encourages crime, laws serve an ideological purpose
What did Chambliss say about law creation?
Laws are created in the interest of the R/C
What did Snider say about law creation?
Laws controlling capitalism are either not passed or underenforced
What did Gordon suggest?
Crime is a rational response to capitalism, and so is found in all classes. The working class are at higher risk due to the alienation created by work and the culture of envy
What did Carson find?
200 firms broke health and safety laws in 1971 but only 1.5% were prosecuted
What did Reiman find
Crimes committed by the upper class are less likely to be seen as an offense; white collar and corporate crimes are underpoliced and underpunished
What did Pearce theorise?
Even laws seeming to help workers are only to gain loyalty and reinforce false class consciousness- they will be minimally enforced in order to imply they are hardly broken
Which theorist said laws reinforce false class consiousness?
Pearce
What did Snider suggest?
The inequality of capitalism is a crime in itself
The cost of corporate crime in the USA is 20x higher than the cost of street crime
What did Croall say?
Crimes of capitalism are not defined as such because the bourgeoise control law creation
White collar crime is very hard to detect and underreported as the crimes may benefit both parties, or the company may not prosecute due to reputation damage etc
What did Box suggest?
The media use a 'process of mystification' to portray ruling class crime as less harmful The ruling class have control over ideological state apparatuses
What did Slapper and Tombs define corporate crime as?
Corporate crime is ‘law breaking committed by or for a corporation which furthers its interests’
What did Nelkin find?
Evidence of fraud by doctors and dentist in both the US and UK
