Social Inequality and Crime: Decoding a Revolution in Snowpiercer

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1 Assistant Professor, Department of Criminal Law and Criminology,, Faculty of Law and Political Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

2 MA Student, Criminal Law, and Criminology.Faculty of Law and Political Science Ferdowsi University of Mashhad. Mashhad. Iran

Abstract

According to critical approaches, social inequality as one of the main causes of crime is a product of injustice and social discrimination. Convergence between inequality, classism and crime in critical criminology shows that committing crime in the lower class is the result of criminal structures rather than being caused by a dangerous situation. Based on this, this research aims to investigate the commission of crime in the light of social inequality in the Snowpiercer film by using Fisk's semiotic method in three forms of technical, social and ideological codes. Based on the findings of the research, the technical codes in formats such as lighting, costume design, stage design, soundtrack, editing and the way of filming represent the class gap between the lower and upper classes of the train in different carriages. Based on the social codes, it is clear that the movie Snowpiercer , on the one hand, represents the social stratification in the capitalist system in different carriages of the same train, and on the other hand, it shows that social inequality and public pressure not only cause crime, but may also lead to Rebellion against the ruling system.

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Criminal Law Research
Volume 15, Issue 1 - Serial Number 29
Papers
July 2024
Pages 67-83

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