Marxist Criminology Research Articles

Sports, neoliberalism and crime in India: Towards a Marxist analysis

Sports and Crime are an integral part of the social reality of India. The recent case of Olympic medalist Sushil Kumar has again reinvigorated the public sentiments regarding the relationship between crime and the state of `minor’ sports in the country. This paper analyses the issue through an intersectional paradigm informed by the neo-Marxist analysis of sports and Classical Marxist Criminology. The paper argues that sports and crime are integrally related to each other in the rural hinterlands of India. This relationship is expressed in the processes in which sportspersons attempt to adapt to varying circumstances. Under neoliberal capitalism, where the dominant ideology proposes to normalise the idea of succeeding at all costs, sportspersons associated with `minor’ sports in India often resort to criminality because of their lack of social capital coupled with the faults associated with the process of management of these sports.

A “miséria da prisão” e a “prisão da miséria” no Brasil contemporâneo

O cenário atual, demarcado pela crise capitalista, ascensão do neoliberalismo e aprofundamento das desigualdades sociais, demonstra a hipertrofia do Estado penal e o aumento da população prisional brasileira. A partir da criminologia crítica marxista e da análise de dados sobre o sistema prisional no país, buscamos problematizar como tem se configurado esse espaço e o perfil de seus internos. Além das precárias condições das prisões e da permanente violação de direitos, tem-se uma criminalização da miséria, tendo em vista o perfil dos internos, bem como se revela o caráter seletivo-racial, com uma maioria de jovens negras e negros, reafirmando o racismo estrutural ao qual é submetida essa população. Exigem-se, assim, alternativas para além das prisões, com a construção de outras formas de organização social que não reproduzam as desigualdades que a prisão pretende controlar. Palavras-chave: Capitalismo. Estado Penal. Sistema Prisional. Racismo. Brasil.

Marxism and criminological theory: a critique and a toolkit

PART I Introduction Marxism in the 21st Century Marxism and the Definition of Crime PART II The Classics: Criminology Encounters Das Kapital Radical US Criminology British Critical Criminology PART III The Lumpenproletariat as the Criminal Class? Alienation Crime and the Reproduction Conditions of Capitalism Marxism and Law Marxism, Justice and Criminal Justice Communism - the End of Crime? Conclusion: Is there a Future for Marxist Criminology? Bibliography

Crime, Punishment, and the American Dream: Toward a Marxist Integration

In their book Crime and the American Dream, Messner and Rosenfeld suggest that the American economy sets up a society conducive to conflict and crime. The authors argue throughout their work that social, educational, and political institutions take a backseat to the economy. When building the theoretical foundation for their argument, however, Messner and Rosenfeld fail to adequately address the contribution of Marxist criminology to their “sociological paradigm.” In the present article, the author attempts to supply that missing link by suggesting that Marxist criminology can explain how social and economic inequalities are a naturally occurring even in the American system of capitalism. Having done so, she then examines how the theoretical foundation constructed in the first part of the article could be applied to address the manner in which punishment is meted out in American society.

ON TRASHING MARXIST CRIMINOLOGY

CriminologyVolume 27, Issue 2 p. 231-238 ON TRASHING MARXIST CRIMINOLOGY WILLIAM J. CHAMBLISS, WILLIAM J. CHAMBLISS George Washington UniversitySearch for more papers by this author WILLIAM J. CHAMBLISS, WILLIAM J. CHAMBLISS George Washington UniversitySearch for more papers by this author First published: May 1989 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-9125.1989.tb01030.xCitations: 14 William J. Chambliss, Professor and Chair of the Department of Sociology, The George Washington University was President of the American Society of Criminology for 1988–1989. His presidential address which appears in this issue is a continuation of his life-long interest in the relationship between crime, politics and the law. AboutPDF ToolsExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Citing Literature Volume27, Issue2May 1989Pages 231-238 RelatedInformation

The purpose of knowledge: pragmatism and the praxis of marxist criminology

This paper revives and revises the argument that there is no place for a concept of crime in marxist theory, and consequently that there is no theoretical justification for the development of marxist criminology. However, earlier essays along these lines have adopted a rationalist epistemology in advancing this case — with its attendant difficulties of idealism, privileged conceptualization and inflexibility. The present paper attempts to escape such problems, and to extend the critique of criminological theorization, by developing its case on the basis of a pragmatist epistemology. It is argued that the conflicting aims of marxist theory and the bourgeois legal theory from which ‘crime’ is transferred make it difficult for marxist criminology to generate a unified theory to guide political practice and research. Moreover, Marxists' privileging of the concept of crime may be systematically blinding them to political developments which render criminology historically obsolescent.

Crime and Capitalism: Readings in Marxist Criminology.

Crime and Capitalism: Readings in Marxist Criminology.

A Critique of Marxist Criminology

Within the past few years, a marxist school of criminology has developed in England and the United States. In both countries, this school arose in part because of a dissatisfaction with mainstream criminology; especially in the United States, political radicalism provoked by the turmoil of the sixties also played a part. The theoretical antecedents of marxist criminology include labeling and conflict theories of crime and the origins of the criminal law. Though its writings to date have too often been marred by vacuous rhetoric and polemic, the marxist school has usefully called attention to a number of important questions, in particular questions concerning the relations between social structures and economic systems and the criminalization of certain forms of behavior. To date, relatively little empirical research has been done by marxist criminologists; much of the important scholarly writing on crime from a marxist perspective has in fact been done by social historians. Marxist criminologists te...

The production of a marxist criminology

The production of a marxist criminology

On one-dimensional Marxist criminology

On one-dimensional Marxist criminology

Separation of Ownership and Control in the Modern Corporation

THE separation of ownership and control has attracted the attention of many economists over the years, with results ranging from Adam Smith's comments on the pretentions of managers of other people's money' to arguments for the abrogation of private property rights in the corporate sector.2 But much more effort has been devoted to speculation about the effects of this separation than to obtaining empirical evidence of what they