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MARXISTS (CRIMINOGENIC CAPITALISM (CAPITALISM IS BASED ON THE EXPLOTIATION…
MARXISTS
CRIMINOGENIC CAPITALISM
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CAPITALISM IS BASED ON THE EXPLOTIATION OF THE WORKING CLASS AND THEREFORE ITS PARTICULARLY DAMAGING TO THEM AND THIS IN TURN MAY GIVE RISE TO CRIME
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ALIENATION AND LACK OF CONTROL OVER THEIR LIVES MAY LEAD TO FRUSTRATION AND AGGRESSION, RESULTING IN NON-ULTIRARIAN CRIMES
CRIME MAY BE THE ONLY WAY THEY CAN OBTAIN THE CONSUMER GOODS ENCOURAGED BY CAPITALIST ADVERTISING, RESULTING IN UTILITARIAN CRIME
ALTHOUGH, CRIME IS NOT CONFIDED TO THE WORKING CLASS
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THE NEED TO WIN AT ALL COSTS ALONG WITH THE DESIRE FOR SELF-ENRICHMENT ENCOURAGES CAPITALISTS TO COMMIT WHITE COLLAR AND COOPERATE CRIME
C = MARXISM IS TOO DETERMINISTIC AND OVER-PREDICTS THE AMOUNT OF CRIME IN THE WORKING CLASS: NOT ALL POOR PEOPLE COMMIT CRIME, DESIRE THE PRESSURES OF POVERTY
C= NOT ALL CAPITALIST SOCIETIES HAVE HIGH CRIME RATES - EG: JAPAN AND SWITZERLAND IS ONLY ABOUT A FIFTH OF THAT IN THE UNITED STATES
S = MARXISM OFFERS A USEFUL EXPLANATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CRIME AND CAPITALIST SOCIETY AS IT SHOWS THAT CRIME IS INEVITABLE IN CAPITALISM
THE STATE AND LAW MAKING
C = THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM SOMETIMES DOES ACT AGAINST THE INTERESTS OF THE CAPITALIST CLASS - EG: PROSECUTIONS FOR CORPORATE CRIME DO OCCUR
MARXISTS SEE THE LAW MAKING AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AS ONLY SERVING THE INTERESTS OF THE CAPITALIST CLASS
THE LAW, CRIME AND CRIMINALS PERFORM AN IDEOLOGICAL FUNCTION FOR CAPITALISM
ALTHOUGH LAWS ARE OCCASIONALLY PASSED THAT APPEAR TO BE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE WORKING CLASS RATHER THAN CAPITALISM
AS THE STATE ENFORCES THE LAW SELECTIVELY, CRIME APPEARS TO BE A WORKING CLASS PHENOMENON
THIS DIVIDES THE WORKING CLASS BY ENCOURAGING WORKERS TO BLAME THE CRIMINAL IN THEIR MIDST FOR THEIR PROBLEMS, RATHER THAN CAPITALISM
THE MEDIA AND SOME CRIMINOLOGISTS ALSO CONTRIBUTE BY PORTRAYING CRIMINALS AS DISTURBED INDIVIDUALS; THEREBY CONCEALING THE FACT ITS THE NATURE OF CAPITALISM THAT MAKES PEOPLE CRIMINALS
S = TAYLOR ET AL AGREES WITH MARXISTS THAT THE STATE MAKES AND ENFORCES LAWS IN THE INTERESTS OF THE CAPITALIST CLASS AND CRIMINALISES MEMBERS OF THE WORKING CLASS
S = MARXISMS ALSO OFFERS A USEFUL EXPLANATION THAT SHOWS LINKS BETWEEN LAW MAKING AND ENFORCEMENT AND THE INTERESTS OF THE CAPITALIST CLASS
NEO - MARXISTS
CRITICAL CRIMONOLOGY
TAYLOR ET AL SEE CRIME AS A MEANINGFUL ACTION AND A CONSCIOUS CHOICE BY THE ACTOR - IN PARTICULAR, THEY ARGUE THAT CRIME OFTEN HAS A POLITICAL MOTIVE = EG: REDISTRIBUTING WEALTH FROM THE RICH TO THE POOR
IN THEIR VIEW, A COMPLETE THEORY OF DEVIANCE NEEDS TO UNITE SIX ASPECTS:
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TAYLOR, WALTON AND YOUNG AIM TO CREATE A 'FULLY SOCIAL THEORY OF DEVIANCE'.
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C = LEFT REALISTS MAKE TWO RELATED CRITICISMS:
- THE WORKING CLASS CRIMINALS ARE ROMANTICISED AS 'ROBIN HOOD' WHO ARE FIGHTING CAPITALISM BY REDISTRIBUTING WEALTH FROM THE RICH TO THE POOR , WHEREAS INSTEAD THE REALITY IS THESE CRIMINALS MOST PREY ON THE POOR
- TAY ET AL DO NOT TAKE SUCH CRIME SERIOUSLY AND THEY IGNORE ITS EFFECTS ON ETHNIC MINORITY GROUPS