marxist on class and crime

• what did pearce say the law creates?


  false class consciuosness
• whats ideological law making?


  the bourgeosie write the law to benefit them
• who came up with ideological law making?


  box
• whats selective law enforcement?


  criminal justice system focuses of crime of proletariat and ignores crimes of bourgeosies
• who came up with the idea of selective law enforcement?

  chambliss
• chambliss argues what laws are the cornerstone of capatilism?


  laws that protect property
• whats criminogenic capatilism?


  for marxists crime is inevitable in capatilism because the nature of capatilism causes it
• what reason do marxists give for non-utilarian crimes such as vandalism and violence?

  alienation and lack of control in their lives leads to fruastration and agression
• what reason do marxists give for ulitarian crimes such as theft?


  crime is the only way they can obtain the consumer goods encouraged by capatilist advertising
• what does pearce 1976 argue?

  laws passed that seem to benefit working class actually benefit ruling class by keeping workers fit for work and giving capatilism a caring face
• whats an example of a law that is not enforced properly?

  corporate homicide
• when was the corporate homicide law passed?

  2007
• after its first 8 years how many sucessful prosecutuins were made under the corporate homicide law?


  1