Life in prison for stealing food

[James Farmelant]

As I recall the Marxist criminologist was predicting these
kinds of developments within the criminal justice system
well over twenty years ago.  His reasoning was that under
late capitalism there will be an ever growing surplus population
as fewer and fewer workers are required.  Therefore, mechanisms
for repressing this growing surplus population would be
required, preferrably carried out in ways profitable to capital.
Hence, Quinney predicted that there would be a rapid expansion 
of the prison-indsutrial complex.

		Jim F.

On Thu, 03 Jun 1999 10:07:40 -0700 Michael Perelman
<michael at ecst.csuchico.edu> writes:
>The prison-industrial complex is on to a good thing.  By siphoning 
>money from
>education and other social programs, they can create conditions that 
>lead to
>more crime, requiring stricter laws, justifying more prisons, 
>siphoning off
>still more money.
>
>I suspect Christian Parenti's new book will cover some of this.
>--
>
>Michael Perelman
>Economics Department
>California State University
>michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
>Chico, CA 95929
>530-898-5321
>fax 530-898-5901
>
>

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