Summary Of Neil Websdale's Policing The Poor

Neil Websdale, Policing the Poor share common consistencies as Richard Quinney theory in explaining why crime is committed in the development of a capitalist society. Quinney states since the working class does not own production or can easily obtain capital they face daily struggles for their survival, usually resulting in the capitalist class gaining control over them. Neil Websdale relates to Quinney theory by explaining circumstances in which pressures the working class or "underclass" to rely on drug dealing, drug use, violence, and theft. Websdale mentions the usage of drugs or selling in these neighborhoods are methods of increasing capital, relieving stress, and forgetting the pain of poverty all while increasing their chance of being