> This statement does not correspond with my experience or understanding
> of the world. Police, judges and jailers exist in large part to handle
> crimes of passion that have nothing to do with class conflict.
The original statement is a bit simplistic, but that doesn't mean there is not a socioeconomic context to crime, including crimes of passion. See the following:
Lynch, Michael (Rediscovering Criminology: "Lessons from the Marxist Tradition," in Marxist Sociology: Surveys of Contemporary Theory and Research , ed. Donald McQuarie and Patrick McGuire. New York: General Hall Press.
Messerschmidt, James (1986) Capitalism, Patriarchy and Crime (Totowa, N.J.: Rowman and Littlefield.
Simpson, Sally (1989) "Feminist Theory: Crime and Justice," Criminology 27: 605-632.
Greenberg, David F. (ed.) Crime and Capitalism (Temple Univ Press; 1993)
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