Evaluating the Marxist Perspective on Crime (part 1)

Last Updated on August 21, 2025 by Karl Thompson

To be updated soon…..

All of the material below takes you to evidence that broadly supports two ideas held by Marxists about Crime – you could also use the examples from the ‘data response exercise – no.2 above.

To what extent is Capitalism Crimogenic?

The theory of crimogenic capitalism suggests that Capitalism encourages selfishness, materialism and non-caring attitudes, it breeds a dog-eat-dog society. The link below takes you to an example of some of the worst cases of Corporate harms. To what extent do you think Capitalism breeds crime in society?

There are some evaluations on my main post: The Marxist Perspective on Crime.