Criminal Justice: Patriarchy vs. Capitalism

This essay delves into the complex relationship between patriarchy, capitalism, and crime, arguing that capitalism has a greater impact on criminal activity due to its emphasis on competition and profit-driven behavior. It also explores critical criminology, which is presented as an extension of Marxist theory, focusing on how power structures define crime and control the powerless. The essay references works by Blumberg and Silberman to support its analysis of these concepts within the criminal justice system.

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Patriarchy is a system where the primary power is in the hands of male and in political
leadership, they play the predominate roles. They are given the moral authority, social
privileges and they also have a control on the property of the family. The authority of the
fathers or the father like figures is more than the women and the children.
Capitalism is the economic and the political system where the private owners control the
trade and industry of a nation and they try to earn profits.
In my opinion, capitalism has greater effect on crime than patriarchy because with this, the
competitiveness is preached and people try to do anything for a buck. To earn more profits,
people break the laws, they work on self-interests and tons of crimes are made because of the
unrestrained greed of people, especially when they indulge themselves in theft and robbery
(Blumberg, 1979).
Critical criminology is similar to Marxist theory with regard to crime and delinquency as the
people who have power in the society, defines the crime and delinquency. Those who are
powerless, they are kept under control by the laws and the criminal justice. After
acknowledging this, the critical criminology works to find the way by which the powerless
can be empowered.
It is just an extension of the Marxist theory as it goes beyond examining the effects of
capitalism on the crime. Here, a critical stance is taken against the mainstream criminology
(Silberman, 1978).

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References:
Blumberg, A. S. (1979). Criminal Justice: Issues & Ironies. New York: New Viewpoints.
Silberman, C. E. (1978). Criminal violence, criminal justice (p. 305). New York: Random
house.