Week 11: Marxist Theories Flashcards
Marxist theories is an outgrowth of C____ Theory
Conflict Theory
What is Conflict theory? (Marxist)
- Society is in a state of C___ because of Com__
= society is in a state of conflict because of competition
What is Consensus theory (Marxist)
= they are considered S___ Crime
These crimes are generally agreed to be serious by most members of a society. They are characterised by high social agreement, response, and/or harm.
Explain Durkheim’s Functional theory?
Each part of society plays a key C_____
= Using an organic frame work to conceptualise the nature of society and its Constitutional parts.
= Functionalism interprets each part of society in terms of how it contributes to the stability of the whole society. Society is more than the sum of its parts; rather, each part of society is functional for the stability of the whole.
Who Holds the most social, economic & political power in late-stage capitalism:
Capitalist and Conformists ?
Capitalist
What is Marxism Capitalism?
= Production is not owned by the ____ but by the _____
production is not owned by the wealthy but the producers
What are the 2 MAIN social classes in Society:
- Bourgeoisie/ C____
- Proletariat/ who are the ?
- Bourgeoisie/ Capitalists = Ruling class that owns means of production
- Proletariat/ working class = the majority of people in society who have only their labour to sell
What are the 2 MINOR social classes in society:
- Petit Bourgeois = ?? Small B____ O___
- Lumpen Proletariet = ???? Un___C____
- small business owners
2. Underclass
what does Richard Quincey Believe, capitalists can do to prevent power conflict? (2 possible answers)
= Controlling the M___
= maintaining a cultural and ideological hegemony over the ruling ideas of society
= By controlling the media
What are the 2 main types of marxist theories of law and criminal justice system ?
- Inst___
- Stru___
- Instrumentalist Marxism = the political state as no autonomy
- Structuralist Marxism = the political state has “relative Autonomy”
According to Chambliss (1988(, structural marxism appears to be a variation of a pluralistic C_____ Theory
Conflict theory
What are the common criticisms of marxist theory?
- Taut__
- Id___
- Act
- tautological
- Idealogical
- Activist
What was the main focus of the Marxist theory:
= focusses on the L___ NOT W___
Focuses more on the use and the functioning of law and criminal justice system then WHY people commit crime
What did Bonger (1916) believe:
= Crime is produced by the C___
Crime is produced by the capitalist organisation of society
What are the 2 categories of crimes of Accommodation:
- Pred___ Crime
- V___ Crime
- Predatory crime: that reproduces the capitalist system
2. Violent crime: that is perpetrated because the working class have been brutalised by the capitalist system