Critically evaluate Marxists contributions to the study of crime and deviance.

... Critically evaluate Marxists contributions to the study of crime and deviance. A crime refers to those activities which break the law and are subject to official punishment, for example rape. Deviance refers to those activities which go against the norms, values and beliefs of mainstream culture, i.e. having a baby at the age of 16. Marxism started by Karl Marx in 1818, and is a sociological approach with which regards people as being the producers and products of society. Marxism criticizes a capitalist society where by the means of production are owned by the ruling class and the lower class. The bourgeoisie are the ruling class, whilst the proletariats are seen as the lower class. The idea of crime and deviance came when Marx tried to look for something in the real world that caused conflicts. He found it in the idea of class struggle. Throughout history the haves and the

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