Marxist

Question 1

white collar crime

Answer 1

‘crime commiteted by person of high social status and responsibility’

Question 2

corporate crime

Answer 2

acts committed by companies to increase profits, e.g tax, rubbish dumping

Question 3

Steven Box

Answer 3

corperate crime
- harm caused to individuals, losses to public, e.g unpaid tax revenue, environmental.
- more dangerous than street crime
-unclear victims:
consumers (false ads, goods etc)
employees (failure health and safety)
public (tax evasion, higher taxes more subtle)

Question 4

The Law

Answer 4

reflects the interest of the dominant class
increased amount of laws on protecting property 

laws about portecting interests of workers makes the working-class feel supported.

marxist believe laws are enforced selectively (corporate crime)

Question 5

criminogenic definiton

Answer 5

marxists believe that capitalism is criminogenic, meaning that by nature it enviabley causes crime

Question 6

ideological functions

Answer 6

marxists claim that sometimes laws are passed to appear benefit the w.c but actually divert attention away from the middle-class

e.g media, tv programmes ‘benefit scroungers’ diverts attention away from the ruling class

Question 7

criminogenic capitalism

Answer 7

encourages aggression/ importance of winning
exploitive system, proletariat, slavery
motivated by financial gain
crime with no financial motive, expression of aggression against capitalism, e.g London riots

chambliss–> capitalism promotes competition, embedded norms and crime is normal

Question 8

Taylor, Walton and Young

Answer 8

comes up with 6 aspects of crime:

1. the wider origins of the act
2. the actual act
3. the immediate origins of the societal reaction
4. wider origins of the deviant reaction
5. outcomes of social reaction
6. nature of deviant process

Question 9

capitalism maintains control over mass population by:

Answer 9

ideological

repressive state apparatus

Question 10

AO3

Answer 10

provides a clear link between economic and social issues

bourgeoisie, values of competition, consumerism, induivuaulism as contributing to crime figures.