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Karl Marx and Crime: How Marxism Interprets Criminal Behavior

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Introduction: Marxist criminology Karl Marx, the renowned German philosopher and economist, was not a criminologist in the traditional sense. However, his ideas about economics, class control, and social conflict provide a profound analytical framework for understanding criminal behavior. Marxism, as a critical theory of capitalism, offers one of the most influential perspectives on interpreting crime—not…