Class, State, and Crime

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Class, State, and Crime

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…early work in the book Class, State, and Crime (1977), in which he argued that crime is a function of society’s structure, that the law is created by those in power to protect and serve their interests (as opposed to the interests of the broader public), and that the criminal…
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…early work in the book Class, State, and Crime (1977), in which he argued that crime is a function of society’s structure, that the law is created by those in power to protect and serve their interests (as opposed to the interests of the broader public), and that the criminal…
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