Crime and Deviance
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- Created on: 27-09-16 20:52
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- Crime and Deviance
- What is crime and deviance
- crime
- An illegal act (such as shoplifting or murder) which is punishable by law.
- deviance
- Behaviour that does not conform to societies norms and values and, if detected, is likely to lead to negative sanctions. Deviance can be-but is not necessarily-illegal.
- crime
- agents of social control
- formal social control
- control on people behaviour based on written laws and rules.
- legal system
- schools
- work
- control on people behaviour based on written laws and rules.
- informal social control
- control on peoples behaviour based on social processes such as the approval or disapproval of others.
- religion
- parent
- peer groups
- control on peoples behaviour based on social processes such as the approval or disapproval of others.
- formal social control
- judicatory system
- going to jail
- other options
- formal caution
- informal caution
- a reprimand
- community service
- socialisation
- boys are more likely to commit crime because they are brought up with guns and violence whereas girls are brought up with dolls and rainbows.
- peer groups and sub-cultures
- Anomie: if society doesn't offer enough opportunities to be successful, they may turn to crime.
- self fulfilling prophecy: being told repeatedly you are something so you start to believe it/act up to it.
- opportunity to commit crime
- boy have more opportunity to commit crime during adolescence because girls are more protected and confined to the house.
- socialisation
- boys are more likely to commit crime because they are brought up with guns and violence whereas girls are brought up with dolls and rainbows.
- peer groups and sub-cultures
- Anomie: if society doesn't offer enough opportunities to be successful, they may turn to crime.
- self fulfilling prophecy: being told repeatedly you are something so you start to believe it/act up to it.
- social control
- during life men may control women in their lives forcing them into family roles such as stay at home mum rather than letting them go out and work.
- opportunity to commit crime
- boy have more opportunity to commit crime during adolescence because girls are more protected and confined to the house.
- official crime statistics
- validity
- valid: its an official document, documented evidence, reliable source.
- not valid: the results could be altered, unknown crime,un-reported crime
- crimes that don't appear in the official crime statistics are called hidden or dark figures of crime.
- to find out about crimes that may not have been reported the government send round victim surveys and self report surveys.
- validity
- different types of crime:
- white collar crime: crime committed by middle class and ruling class people.
- occupational crime
- professional crime
- corporate crime
- computer crime
- blue collar crime: crimes committed by lower class people.
- white collar crime: crime committed by middle class and ruling class people.
- What is crime and deviance
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