Since the industrial revolution, both Marxist and Anarchist criminologists have shared the same basis of thought when addressing crime, agreeing upon the notion that the criminal is somewhat the victim of an unjust society; however, there is an immediate challenge in understanding what both sets of critical thinkers do and do not mutually subscribe to. For Anarchists, social classes exist because of the state, whereas Marxists, in contrast, a state arises as a consequence of class conflict.
Marxist criminologists theorise the notion of the structure of a capitalist society being able to explain crime, through ideological controls, law creation and enforcement, crime is simply a reaction to an inherently criminogenic. Marxists propose that …show more content…
Economic crimes face massive scrutiny from both Marxist and Anarchist criminologists, termed the ‘great criminals’ (Bonger 1916:pg.605), financial criminals within the higher echelons of society should be accounted for the broken economic system, which from a Marxist perspective is the very infrastructure of society itself. For (Bonger 1916:pg.607) it is only expected that such individuals in a high position on the social spectrum would commit such treachery, as they lack morality due to pure egoism. Capitalism has arguably given birth to egoism, and in turn fueled society’s fetishism of commodities; for (Marx 1867: Pg.49) producers and consumers perceive each other by means of money and goods that they own, products are seen as a language, the language of value that converts every product into a social hieroglyphic. Society has encouraged the poor to compete against each other for material gain, criminalising their greed and yet does nothing about the greed of the rich. (Jones, 2013: Pg.192).
Capitalism systematically generates a surplus population, an unemployed sector of the working class either dependent on fluctuations in the economy or made obsolete by new technology, (Quinney,2000:pg161)[Bearing to witness crime and social justice.] leaving those unable to gain employment in the monopolised industries to become increasingly dependent on the state.(James O’Connor, 2000: cited in Quinney. Pg
Marxist criminologists theorise the notion of the structure of a capitalist society being able to explain crime, through ideological controls, law creation and enforcement, crime is simply a reaction to an inherently criminogenic. Marxists propose that …show more content…
Economic crimes face massive scrutiny from both Marxist and Anarchist criminologists, termed the ‘great criminals’ (Bonger 1916:pg.605), financial criminals within the higher echelons of society should be accounted for the broken economic system, which from a Marxist perspective is the very infrastructure of society itself. For (Bonger 1916:pg.607) it is only expected that such individuals in a high position on the social spectrum would commit such treachery, as they lack morality due to pure egoism. Capitalism has arguably given birth to egoism, and in turn fueled society’s fetishism of commodities; for (Marx 1867: Pg.49) producers and consumers perceive each other by means of money and goods that they own, products are seen as a language, the language of value that converts every product into a social hieroglyphic. Society has encouraged the poor to compete against each other for material gain, criminalising their greed and yet does nothing about the greed of the rich. (Jones, 2013: Pg.192).
Capitalism systematically generates a surplus population, an unemployed sector of the working class either dependent on fluctuations in the economy or made obsolete by new technology, (Quinney,2000:pg161)[Bearing to witness crime and social justice.] leaving those unable to gain employment in the monopolised industries to become increasingly dependent on the state.(James O’Connor, 2000: cited in Quinney. Pg