The study of Marxism in turn began to revel a much more fruitful ideology to why behaviors were being defined as criminal, why certain groups participated in specific genres of crime, and why there was a focus on crime committed by the lower class-status. Marx believed that for any current socio-economic system to exist, it must exist because of two variables; social class and history. Historically classes emerge due to a conflict relation between groups. Marx believed that for any current political power to be sustained, it has only due to developmental factors. That is, these powers are self-supporting through what may be unconscious efforts, or the basic premise of survival. He began a deduction of these powers to determine political and/or economical correlation to class-structure including the relations. Marx defined the capitalistic societies specifically contained two classes, bourgeoisies and proletariats, owner and working class
From a definition perspective Marx showed how capitalism maintained class divisions, specifically that are dependent on the power structure involved. Every society creates different power relations, in this case crime control as a method. The crime controls help support the interests of the “well-to-do” and the power elites, disregarding any policies the might negatively affect them. And at the same time create laws the have negative affects on the lower class structures, possibly resulting in criminal behaviors. This cause/effect analysis helps radical criminologists to understand if certain societies cultivate anti-social behaviors, and what kind of motivation to do so is involved? A focus on class relations must be observed by radicals to determine historical and social contexts, developmentally and with what intent. Marx uses these concepts to determine how current powers are developed and maintained at a macro-level. Marx rejec
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