Marxist approach

• social structure
• what are Marxist viewpoints

  they see crime as inevitable in a capitalist society and is used by the ruling class
• what is the name of the ruling class in a marxist theory?


  the bourgeoisie
• what happens if someone does not conform in a marxist theory?

  they will get punished
• what is some examples of insitutions to get people to conform?

  schools, police, prison, judical system, family and religion
• what do marxist think about the more powerful in society? and example

  they are ignored, for example white collar crime
• what do marxists think of the less powerful in society? and example

  the crimes they commit are seen as more serious and are more focused on, such as burgulary and street crime
• what do marxist argue about in different social classes?

  they are policed differently, with the proletariat, they are heavily policed as they are seen to commit more crimes and more of a chance that they get detected
• what do marxist believe that the government does?

  Marxists believe that the government fabricate statistics to suit their purpose and get public support for any action taken by the government that may construde as tresspassing of freedoms.
• how much do Marxist believe of the statistics given by the government

  they think that 42% of the statistics are false and misleading
• crime and a functionalist approach