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    Karl Marx influenced Marxist criminology, which views crime as arising from class struggle between the bourgeoisie who own production and the proletariat. According to Marxist theory, the capitalist system oppresses the proletariat and uses the criminal justice system to maintain bourgeois power, even though the bourgeoisie's own greedy actions are condoned. Willem Bonger was the first Marxist criminologist and argued capitalism produces egoism that the proletariat are punished for through the legal system.

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    Karl Marx influenced Marxist criminology, which views crime as arising from class struggle between the bourgeoisie who own production and the proletariat. According to Marxist theory, the capitalist system oppresses the proletariat and uses the criminal justice system to maintain bourgeois power, even though the bourgeoisie's own greedy actions are condoned. Willem Bonger was the first Marxist criminologist and argued capitalism produces egoism that the proletariat are punished for through the legal system.

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    Karl Marx influenced Marxist criminology, which views crime as arising from class struggle between the bourgeoisie who own production and the proletariat. According to Marxist theory, the capitalist system oppresses the proletariat and uses the criminal justice system to maintain bourgeois power, even though the bourgeoisie's own greedy actions are condoned. Willem Bonger was the first Marxist criminologist and argued capitalism produces egoism that the proletariat are punished for through the legal system.

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    Marxist criminology views crime as a product of social and economic forces under capitalism rather than individual moral failings. It sees the criminal justice system as a tool used by the ruling bourgeoisie class to oppress the proletariat class.

    Marxist criminology is a school of thought that focuses on how capitalism and the resulting class struggle between the bourgeoisie and proletariat influence crime and the criminal justice system.

    The two main classes in Marxist theory are the bourgeoisie, who own the means of production, and the proletariat, who must sell their labor for wages.

    Karl Marx

    influenced Marxist
    criminology
    political economist,
    journalist, and activist,
    and author of the
    seminal works, "The
    Communist Manifesto"
    and "Das Kapital,"
    influenced generations
    of political leaders and
    socioeconomic
    thinkers. Also known
    as the Father of
    Communism
    What is Marxist criminology?

    is one of the schools of criminology
    which focuses on what produces stability
    and continuity
    it focuses on why things change,
    identifying the disruptive forces in
    industrialized societies, and describing how
    society is divided by power, wealth,
    prestige, and the perceptions of the world.
    What is Marxist criminology?

    It is concerned with the causal relationships
    between society and crime, to establish a
    critical understanding of how the immediate
    and structural social environment gives rise
    to crime and criminogenic conditions.
    According to Karl Marx:

     law is the mechanism by which one social
    class, usually referred to as the "ruling
    class", keeps all the other classes in a
    disadvantaged position.
    Marxist theory condemns Western capitalist
    society as an unjust divide between two ruling
    classes:

    the ruling bourgeoisie who own the means
    of production (the capitalists)

    the proletariat, the poor masses with nothing


    to offer but their own labor

    Because the bourgeoisie control the means of
    production, they control the political state
    and thus their position of power over the
    proletariat is perpetuated

    This system leaves the proletariat oppressed,
    with no power whatsoever to alleviate their
    situation
    According to Marxist theory

    Bourgeoisie will remain in power unjustly
    oppressing the proletariat until the poor
    masses cooperate with one another to
    violently overthrow the capitalist
    government and economy and replace it with
    a classless, socialist system
    According to Marxist theory

    crime centers on this class struggle between
    the bourgeoisie and the proletariat. Because
    the capitalists control the political state, they
    also control the criminal justice system. The
    system appears to serve the interests of the
    proletariat, but it is in reality used against
    them by the ruling class
    Greenberg states

    Marxist criminology is the contention that
    criminal legislation is determined not by
    moral consensus or the common interests of
    the entire society, but by the relative power
    of groups determined to use the criminal law
    to advance their own special interests or to
    impose their moral preferences on others,”
    (Greenberg, 1993; 4)
    Willem Bonger: The 1st Marxist Criminologist


    Bonger’s Criminality and Economic
    Conditions (1916) contends that the
    competition and profit motive emphasized
    by capitalistic societies produces “egoistic
    tendencies” and greed in the individuals
    within those societies (Akers & Sellers, 2009;
    244). However, because the bourgeoisie own
    the means of production and control the law,
    they can afford to be greedy and pursue their
    egoistic desires
    According to Bonger

    it is the poor proletariat whose egoistic
    actions are labeled as criminal because of
    their lower position in capitalist societies
    According to Bonger

    Essentially, the proletariat is being set up to
    fail by the bourgeoisie and punished by the
    legal system when they do fail.
    For Marxists

    The cause of crime is dictated by social
    forces, namely capitalism, and thus remains
    beyond the control of individuals.

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