Evaluation

• What does Marxism ignore?


  The relationship between crime and non class variables such as ethnicity age and gender (criticism)
• what is Marxism criticised for?

  Being too deterministic and over predicting
• What does Marxism not explain about WC people?

  That they don’t all commit crime despite the pressures of living in a criminogenic society
• What is an example of the CJS acting against the interests of capitalist crime?

  a number of MPs were prosecuted for the expenses scandal 2010-11
• What ideological way falsely persuaded people that everyone is punished?

  Due to the occasional prosecution of the rich and powerful
• What is theory is similar to the Marxist explanation?

  Mertons strain theory that people comity crime for the WC due to poverty and frustration
• What is similar between Marxism and functionalisms explanation?

  Both theories are deterministic - thinking crime is inevitable due to poverty
• what is a difference between Marxism and functionalism?

  Marxists have a negative view of the role of crime and deviance in society whilst functionalists have a positive view