Samantha believes that our criminal law excuses big corporations for polluting the planet, manufacturing unsafe products, and manipulating prices. at the same time, she sees homeless people imprisoned for stealing food, which she believes we should all have access to regardless of wealth. samantha has taken a perspective to explain the way deviance is viewed in society

conflict theory

Explanation:

Conflict theory argues that the division of society into privileged class and marginalized class generates conflict because of their nature. Proposed by Karl Marx, the theory states that there will always be breakdowns if this system remains in society. Thus, taking this into consideration, we can evaluate the statement as true, since the rich class of society lives having privilege over the poor class. This is exactly what Samantha wants to show, when he states that large corporations (the wealthy class) are excused from their often irreversible environmental crimes and disasters worldwide; while the poor class is not forgiven for stealing food to alleviate their own hunger.