1) Marxism views crime as a product of the unequal capitalist system, where the ruling class (bourgeoisie) exploits the working class (proletariat) through control of wealth and private property.
2) Neo-Marxists believe crime results from political anger towards this inequality and implement elements of free will. They analyze wider social origins and immediate contexts of deviant acts and social reactions.
3) The media and state use moral panics and scapegoating of minority groups to divert attention from economic problems and maintain social control, as seen in reactions to 1970s mugging and 2011 UK riots. Marxist theories emphasize how crime reflects and reinforces class divisions and inequalities within capitalist societies.
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1) Explain Melamed’s article on racial capitalism. Be sure to address: 1 pages
a. Why does she use the term “racial capitalism?”
b. Why does Melamed think all capitalism is necessarily racial capitalism?
2. Look at the conflicting view between the “Black Lives Matter and Failure to Build a
Movement” and “Why the Sanders Revolution Won’t Work” What is the source of the debate?
Which position, if any are you more sympathetic to, and why? 1 page
3. What is your analysis about how race/racism is related to the current economic system? Ω
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Racial Capitalism
Author(s): Jodi Melamed
Source: Critical Ethnic Studies, Vol. 1, No. 1 (Spring 2015), pp. 76-85
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This contribution to the inaugural volume of the Critical Ethnic Studies seeks to strengthen the activist hermeneutic “racial capitalism” to re-
spond to three conditions with which critical ethnic studies must reckon
in the present. The first is that so-called primitive accumulation—where
capital is accrued through transparently violent means (war, land-grabbing,
dispossession, neo/colonialism)—has become everywhere interlinked and
continuous with accumulation through expanded reproduction, which we
used to think of as requiring only “the silent compulsion of economic rela-
tions.”1 With the top 10 percent taking 50 percent of total U.S. income in
2012, and the top 1 percent taking a striking 95 percent of all post-Recession
income gains, it has become increasingly plain that accumulation for finan-
cial asset owning classes requires violence toward others and seeks to expro-
priate for capital the entire field of social provision (land, work, education,
health).2 The second condition is the degree to which ideologies of indi-
vidualism, liberalism, and democracy, shaped by and shaping market.
Booklet that I made for criminological theories revision, using resources from the internet. These theories include:
* Classical Theory
* Functionalist Crime Theories (includes Durkheim and Merton)
* Marxist Theory
* Right realism
* Left realism
* Labelling (Interactionism)
* Individualistic theories (learning theories, psychological theories and psychodynamic theories)
* Eysenck's theory
* Family crime theories
* Neurophysiological (brain damage)
* Neurochemical
* Kohlberg's moral development
* Behaviourist theory
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1. Using material from item B and elsewhere assess the usefulness of Marxist approaches in
explaining crime
Marxism is a conflict theory established by Karl Marx. Marxists believe that the capitalist
system is just a way in which the ruling classes (the bourgeoisie) control and exploit the
workers (the proletariat), and it focuses on the unequal conflict between these two
sectors of society. Marxists believe that the capitalist system is criminogenic – which
means that by its nature it inevitably causes crime. As item B states, Marxists see crime in
the capitalist system as ‘a tool of the ruling class’ where they can control the working class
and crime is an unavoidable result because of the oppression the working class are
subject to. They also believe that laws are enforced mostly to benefit the interests of the
ruling class. (An example of this is 80% of laws exist to protect private property.) NeoMarxists (also known as critical criminology) are another branch of Marxism which was
established in the 1970s. They discuss more contemporary ideas of crime and their ideas,
such as saying crime results out of political anger. They note that the traditional Marxist
perspective is too deterministic and try to implement an element of free will in their theory.
Traditional Marxist’s view of crime has 3 key aspects: The Criminogenic capitalism, the
state and law making and ideological functions of crime and law. As previously stated,
criminogenic capitalism is the Marxist idea that crime is inevitable because of the nature
of capitalism. They believe that because of capitalism as the unequal divide between
classes, committing crime is sometimes the only way people can live. For example, a
young woman who is living in poverty may have to resort to prostitution in order to survive.
In addition, sometimes the working class may feel frustrated that they are under the
control of the bourgeoisie and act out in crimes such as violence and vandalism as a way
of venting their anger at being alienated from society. However, they do state that crime
in not just committed by the working class. They claim that capitalism creates the need to
‘win at all costs’ and encourages self-interest and greed. The ruling classes also commit
‘white collar crimes’ such as tax evasion and environmental crimes. However, as item B
states, crimes committed by the bourgeoisie often go unnoticed because working-class
crime serves as a ‘diversionary tactic’, where attention is taken away from the capitalist
inequalities and blamed on minor criminals in the proletariat. The second element of the
Marxist viewpoint is how the law making widely supports the ruling class over the working
class. They claim that law enforcement is very selective and the repressive apparatus (the
police, justice courts etc.) largely ignore crimes of the powerful in society and instead
focus on criminalising the powerless groups such as the workers. They also state that laws
are passed which clearly benefit the ruling classes. Snider (1993) argued that the capitalist
system is reluctant to enforce laws which will harm the bourgeoisie, such as laws that will
threaten profit-making of businesses. The third aspect of the Marxist viewpoint on crime is
the ideological functions. Marxists claim that sometimes laws are passed that – on the
surface – appear to benefit the working class. However Pearce (1976) argues that they
are actually a discuses to benefit the ruling classes. An example of this is health and safety
laws in the workplace. While it may look as if they are trying to protect the well-being of
the workers, the laws actually create a sense of false class consciousness within the
2. working class. When they’re actually there to ensure that the ruling class have enough
workers to maintain profit. Carson (1971) found that these health and safety laws are
rarely actually enforced. He found that of 200 firms surveyed, all had broken health and
safety laws at least once, however only 1.5% had resulted in prosecution. The media and
other social control agencies often use working class criminals as a diversion to claim they
are the cause of crime, when it is actually the nature of capitalism which cause crime.
Marxist viewpoints often however can generate much criticism for being too deterministic
and assuming that everyone who is in the working classes commits crime. In addition,
there is critique of the Marxist point which states that it largely ignores the relationship
between crime and gender or crime and ethnicity, and focuses too strongly on class.
Another criticism of traditional Marxism is that crime is not non-existent in communist or
socialist societies, which could prove crime is not a product of capitalism. At the same
time, crime in capitalist countries like Switzerland and Japan have a very low amount of
crime. Marxists would counter this by stating that that pervious communist or socialist
states were actually nothing of the sort. In a genuine state where inequality between
classes is abolished and there is no poverty, the social causes of crime would disappear.
They also claim that states where welfare provision is low – like the USA - have higher rates
of crime than those with more welfare (like Japan and Switzerland.) Left-realists argue that
Marxism focuses largely on the crimes of the powerful and ignores intra-class crimes
(where the criminal and victim are both of the same class) like burglary and mugging.
Neo-Marxism is a variation of the classic theory, while broadly agreeing with traditional
Marxism, they are critical of the deterministic aspect of it, and (as item B states)
incorporate the labelling theory in their ideals. Some of the most influential neo-Marxist
contributors are Taylor, Walton and Young, who wrote ‘The New Criminology’ in 1973.
They agree with the traditional Marxists that capitalist society is based upon the inequality
and conflicts between the working and ruling classes and that wealth is unevenly
distributed. On the other hand, they disagreed with the traditional Marxists because they
felt that crimes often have a conscious political motive behind them, and people are
committing crime because of their dissatisfaction of the capitalist inequality. They also see
socialism as the best realistic solution for society. Taylor, Walton and Young developed the
‘fully social theory of deviance’ which attempts to incorporate every aspect of crime.
There are 6 aspects: The wider origins of the deviant act; the immediate origins of the
deviant act; the act itself (why they are doing that particular act?); the immediate origins
of the social reaction (how do people respond? e.g. labelling); the wider origins of the
social reaction and the effects of the labelling. The fully social theory of deviance can be
extremely useful when trying to explain the origins of crimes and why they occur. An
example of this is trying to explain why people steal. The wider social origins like how
society is structured meaning the rich have dominance over the poor could lead up to
this crime being committed. You could say that people may steal things from the place in
which they work (like money from the cash register) because they resent the fact that
their boss has a lot of money while they are doing all the work for them. They see it as a
type of revenge and are committing this specific type of crime because they long for
3. material wealth. Referencing to Item B, another Neo-Marxist Stewart Hall analysed society
in the 1970s and found that when capitalism is facing a ‘crisis’ (such as poor economy
and social control such as strikes occurring) capitalist leaders will use a ‘diversionary
tactic’ to focus attention on a different group in society as a way to maintain control. In
the 1970s, a media-driven moral panic emerged when ‘mugging’ in big cities apparently
became more common. Hall claimed that there was actually no rise in the number of
muggings taking place, but it was created by the media to make the public panic and
blame ‘society falling apart’ on young black youths. The ruling classes were then able to
use this as a scapegoat to divert attention and weaken the opposition to capitalism that
was occurring at the time. The government was also able to use more police force and
control under the guise that they were ‘protecting against street crime and violence’
when in reality they were just trying to re-gain social control over a restless society. A
contemporary example of this taking place would be the riots of 2011. The media
sensationalised the riots to the point that much of society blamed all youths for the
violence. This could have been used as a way for the leaders in society to divert attention
away from the economic problems at the time and use the youths as a scapegoat to
focus anger and frustration at the youths who were rioting instead of the government.
Another Neo-Marxist is Mike Brake who in 1980 used subcultural theory to explain the
attraction of youth groups. (Item B) He did this buy studying young working class males
and found that working class people experience the same frustration (at lack of
opportunities and problems like not getting work) generation after generation. They vent
this frustration through forming working class subcultures in order to feel good about
themselves and is ‘magical’ as they are resisting the bourgeoisie in society. They create
their own identity (such as Chavs or Goths) and invert society’s morals as a way of
showing their resentment. They develop their own way of speaking, their own type of
music to listen to and a distinctive way of dressing to separate themselves from
mainstream society. However, this soon ends and people are ‘captured’ back into
capitalism when they need material wealth to be able to live and soon the illusion comes
to an end. A lot of criticism of Brake’s theory comes from the functionalists who claim that
working class subcultures do not hate capitalism but ‘buy into it’ to form their identity such
as chavs purchasing trainer and gold jewellery to fit in with their subculture. Therefore,
Functionalists believe Brake’s theory is incorrect at assuming subcultures are formed to
resist capitalism.
While critical criminology does aim to explain every aspect of crime, and is arguably
successful at accounting for aspects of crime that the traditional Marxist perspective
missed, it does have some weaknesses. Feminists often claim that the critical criminology
theory is gender blind and fails to take into account crime committed by females. In
addition, left realists claim that neo-Marxism ‘romanticises’ working-class criminals and
uses crime to explain their actions and blaming crime on the structure of society rather
than on the individual doing it for their own selfish gain. As Roger Hopkins Burke (2005)
argues, critical criminology is too general to explain every crime efficiently and also is
incapable of tackling crime. Another thing to note is that Taylor, Walton and Young have
4. all changed their views on crime since ‘the new criminology’ has been published, which
could show that the theory has no real merit on explaining or tackling crime. As Marxists
do not see the law as a reflection of a value consensus among society’s members –
which is the functionalist viewpoint (Item B) - functionalists naturally also have critiques of
neo-Marxism. Stan Cohen accuses neo-Marxists of bias and claims they fixed evidence to
‘prove’ their theories. Functionalists also claim that a crime-free society would be
dangerous as then the most minor crimes would be severely punished, so disagree with
the idea behind the neo-Marxist perspective.
To conclude, both Marxism and Neo-Marxism have put forward ways in which crime can
be explained. On the whole, they believe that crime is a result of people ‘acting out’
against capitalist societies and the inequality and unfairness which they experience. While
these theories are useful at explaining certain types of crime (such as burglary and fraud)
the Marxist theories focus too much on social class’s effect on crime, but fail to explain
gender and ethnic factors which could influence crime. They can often be accused (in
the case of traditional Marxism) of being too deterministic and romanticising working class
crime and seeing them as ‘Robin Hoods’ who steal from the rich in society to help the
working classes.