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MARXISM AND CRIME (Function of crime statistics (Marxists argue that crime…
MARXISM AND CRIME
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Definition
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Social control (law creation & law enforcement) prevent the WC from rebelling >< the injustice of capitalism
OCS is invalid as the law system has been selectively enforced by powerful groups (for their own interests)
Criminogenic capitalism
Gordon (1976)
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He argues that the emphasis on greed, profits, competition and materialism means that crime is a rational response by all social classes to capitalism
This is demonstrated in white-collar crimes, such as tax evasion and fiddling expenses, and corporate crime, such as health and safety violations, share-price fixing and environmental offences caused by pollution.
Advertising is seen as encouraging crimes such as theft as a way to acquire the latest ‘must-have’ goods
By its very exploitative nature, capitalism results in class inequality and poverty.
Marxists further argue that increasing alienation of the working class can cause non-utilitarian crime such as vandalism and violent behaviour.
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"use every mean available to them to get what they can, anyway they want"