CCJ-3011 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Restorative Justice, Crime Prevention, Social Inequality
20 Dec 2016
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Communist manifesto focused attention on economic conditions of a capitalist system. Social class denotes a position in relation to others: bourgeoisie (capitalists, proletariat (working labor, lumpen proletariat (poor) The working class produces goods that exceed their wages in value. In other words, the working class creates profit. Overthrow capitalism and allow altruistic tendencies to flourish. Suggested a connection between crime and social inequality. Friedrich engels suggested the brutality of the capitalist system turns workers into animal-like creatures. Crime is a function of social demoralization. Capitalism produces the haves and the have-nots. Crimes committed by the lower classes are punished more severely. Fear of lower-class crime is used as a tool to maintain control over society. Crime is a function of the capitalist mode of production. The poor (proletariat) engage in street crimes, whereas the wealthy (bourgeoisie) are involved in acts not defined as crimes (racism, sexism, profiteering) The rich are insulated from street crimes.
