Marxism & Neo-Marxism on Social Class and Crime

How do Marxism and Neo-Marxism differ?

Neo-Marxists take a more interactionist approachc critiquing existing theories of crime.

Marxism

• Gordon
  • capitalism is criminogenic so crime is a rational response
• Chambliss
  • laws only protect the M/C
  • the example of the introduction of English law into British East African colonies
• Snider
  • the state is reluctant to pass laws that regulate the…