Marxists

• Criminogenic capitalism

  Capitalism gives rise to blue collar crime - poverty, material deprivation.

  White collar crime - Gordon - capitalism encourages competition, people strive to be the best through any means.
• Chambliss

  Introduction of English law into British East African colonies. Forced them to work for them by introducing tax, which had to be paid and could only be paid by working on the plantations.
• Snider

  Capitalist state is reluctant to pass laws that regulate activities of businesses or threaten their profitability.
• Reiman


  The more likely a crime is to be committed by higher-class people, the less likely it is to be treated as a criminal offence.