Marxism
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- Marxism
- Basics
- offending is a form of resistance against capitalism
- TAYLOR, WALTON and YOUNG
- Crime was a response to capitalism and its contradictions
- Capitalist law facilitates and conceals crimes of domination and repression
- Crime is also functional to capitalism
- Capitalism therefore shapes society's response to both crime and law
- CHAMBLISS
- Crime diverts lower class attention away from their exploitation and onto the actions of their own class.
- VOLD
- Criminal activity is usually participated in to benefit a particular group or individual
- It occurs due to social and political inequalities
- BONGER
- an act is punished only if it benefits the dominant class
- TURK
- Crime occurs due to unequal distribution of power and authority in society
- Conflict between authority and subjects can cause crime
- QUINNEY
- There are crimes of domination, crimes of accommodation and crimes of resistance.
- Crime in a politically organised society is constructed as a political act
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