SURPLUS POPULATION
What is surplus population?
The "Poorest Classes," Lumpenproletariat, or the unemployable and underemployed.
What is crime control industry?
Industries (systems) that are benefitting from “controlling crime”, people selling things, constructing things, creating jobs, etc.
What is 'creeping capitalism'?
The transfer of services and responsibilities that were once monopolized by the state to profit-making agencies and organizations.
How is the surplus population used in the crime control industry?
to make profit by providing a source of income for companies, through having them work for extremely low wages, ‘cashing in on crime’
What is the origin of the crime control industry?
Inevitable byproduct of Capitalism
How is privatization profitable?
- Cheap Labor
- Tax Breaks
- Cashing in on Crime
What are the methods of controlling surplus population?
- Legislation
- Incarceration (Sentencing Structures)
How does Sheldon and Brown discuss fears' role within the crime control industry?
The public's fear of crime is more important than actual crime, their fear can be used to sell/justify selling “crime control” products/services.
What are the negatives/drawbacks of privatization?
No accountability, low quality, ‘Esmor effect’
What is the contradiction of controlling the surplus population?
Capitalism creates poor people, poor people threaten capitalism, prisons are used in an attempt to manage this
What components fuel the crime control industry?
- Education System
- Profits made by hospitals and insurance companies
- Drug testing (war on drugs)
- Gun industry (Lethality)
How does neoliberal ideology view privatization? (Beliefs of Neoliberalism).
The efficiency of private markets, inefficiency of the government, and inflation and budget deficits.