Chambliss on state crime and protection
Chambliss showed how state protects powerful interests: organised crime thrives where state allows it (police corruption), corporate crime is weakly enforced, and state uses law selectively against poor.
Real World
Chambliss's own research in Seattle found police, judges, and politicians actively protecting organised crime networks in exchange for bribes — demonstrating state complicity rather than neutral law enforcement.
Exam Focus
Use Chambliss to challenge pluralist views of law — argue the state enforces law selectively to protect ruling-class interests for strong Marxist evaluation.
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