Exam 9: Marxist and Conflict Theories of Deviance

Much of the focus of both Marxist and conflict theories is on the creation and maintenance of ______ that benefit one group over another.

Vold, a conflict theorist, studied the process by which individuals become a part of a group, ______, and how conflict arises when groups are threatened by competing interests of other groups.

According to Marx, the power of capitalists is based on their ability to control both the means of production and ______.

Using examples, briefly describe the role played in dialectical materialism by thesis, antithesis, and synthesis of an idea.

According to Karl Marx, in a capitalist society, economic power belongs to the ______.

A Marxian paradigm of crime and criminal law suggest that members of the ruling class will be able to violate the laws with impunity while members of the subject classes will be punished

______ theorists would advocate for a revolutionary overthrow of the capitalist system as the only way to solve power differentials and conflict.

Vold argues that when conflicts between groups arise and groups are threatened by the competing interests of other groups, individuals ______.

List the assumptions of Marxist and conflict theories. Provide questions this type of research might ask.

The ______ function of law does not rely on enforcement or action. Instead, it "invites consideration" of what is considered moral by a society.

Alexandra is a well-educated woman who sees many issues with the capitalist society she lives in. She openly criticizes the system. What would Steven Spitzer call Alexandra?

______ focus on the political economy and the capitalist system in their analyses of power and conflict, whereas ______ theorists have traditionally expanded their definitions of power beyond a singular focus on the capitalist system.

William Bonger built upon Marxist ideas and explicitly related them to the topic of crime in his book Criminality and Economic Conditions.

The ______ is created by the formulation and application of criminal definitions, the development of behavior patterns related to criminal definitions, and the construction of criminal conceptions?

The term "dialectic" in the phrase "dialectical materialism" refers to negotiating contradictions.

A criticism of conflict and Marxist theorists is that they claim class conflict cannot explain individual acts of deviance.

Marxist theory clearly specifies how laborers will lose their false consciousness.

Gerrymandering is an example of how parties in power manipulate the districts in ways that guarantee disproportionate outcomes.

What type of economic system are Marxist and conflict theories primarily critical of?

Which Marxist theorist wrote The Communist Manifesto?