Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels are the original creators of “Marxism” These two put their brains together to reach a global understanding of the socio-economic problems that are associated within human nature. These two are referred as radical theorists. If you are a Marxists you may see crime and deviance as defined by the ruling class and used as means of social control. If you don't conform to the control you will be punished by means of the police, justice system, schools, prisons, family and religion. Marxists also believe that governments arrange and tamper with their statistics to suit their own purposes and to get public support. Marxists believe that majority of the statistics that are presented by the government are false and misleading.These two gentlemen were the inventors of communism. They wrote the book
'Communist Manifesto'. They believed that capitalism was an essential step in achieving communism. To create a classless society they wanted
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The fixed abstract of crime and criminal dissolve into the complexities of the the class relation. The relationship of class conflicts is the process of the capital accumulation which is the motor of modern capitalist society. Currently in 2016, Marxism has changed slightly in ways. For example, workers may earn more money than before but so do capitalists. Classical marxists believe that capitalism itself is a crime and it also causes a crime. They believe capitalism is based on oppression and economic exploitation of the majority. As far as crime, they believe people are more enticed to commit crimes as a result of inequality and poverty. As our world changes, the effects from Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels will forever live on in philosophy and the criminal justice