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Marxism - Coggle Diagram
Marxism
summary
class conflict between m/c and w/c
crime, in capitalism, created by class struggle
marx went agaisnt social order
laws constructed by r/c to benefit them
CCCs
capitalism
owners employed w/c for low £ and conditions
labour=profit=kept by r/c=maintain position
class
born into social classes
small r/c, larger m/c, majority w/c
conflict
a struggle for scare resources = social conflict
focus upon social/economic forces in society
forces serve to create crime
society is criminogenic
evaluation
poverty & inequality correlate with w/c crime
shows how capitalism promotes greed/encourages crime
laws and enforcement can be bias agaisnt w/c
focus on social class at the expense of other inequalities
overpredicts w/c crime
overestimates # of capitalist countries with high crime
cost
2021: £72.5 million in street/wcc crimes
£73 billion anually in fraud