<P> This theory also states that the powerful define crime . This raises the question: for whom is this theory functional? In this theory, laws are instruments of oppression: tough on the powerless and less tough on the powerful . </P> <P> Marx did not write about deviant behavior but he wrote about alienation amongst the proletariat--as well as between the proletariat and the finished product--which causes conflict, and thus deviant behavior . </P> <P> Many Marxist writers have the theory of the capitalist state in their arguments . For example, Steven Spitzer utilized the theory of bourgeois control over social junk and social dynamite; George Rusche was known to present analysis of different punishments correlated to the social capacity and infrastructure for labor . He theorized that throughout history, when more labor is needed, the severity of punishments decreases and the tolerance for deviant behavior increases . Jock Young, another Marxist writer, presented the idea that the modern world did not approve of diversity, but was not afraid of social conflict . The late modern world, however, is very tolerant of diversity . But is extremely afraid of social conflicts, which is an explanation given for the political correctness movement . The late modern society easily accepts difference, but it labels those that it does not want as deviant and relentlessly punishes and persecutes . </P> <P> Michel Foucault believed that torture had been phased out from modern society due to the dispersion of power; there was no need any more for the wrath of the state on a deviant individual . Rather, the modern state receives praise for its fairness and dispersion of power which, instead of controlling each individual, controls the mass . </P>

Deviance is a creation of the society discuss