Social class and crime
- Created by: maddieecarr
- Created on: 11-06-22 13:59
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- Social class and crime
- Trends in social class and crime
- Majority of convictions come from poor/ WC areas
- Convicted offenders are more likely to be unemployed and have few educational qualifications
- White collar crimes are underrepresented in official crime statistics
- Theories of social class and crime
- Functionalist
- Working class have fewer opportunities
- Left realist
- Deprivation, subcultures and marginalisation
- Right realist
- Rational choice theory
- Underclass of young idle men
- Marxist
- Selective law enforcement, protection of the ruling class
- Criminogenic capitalism
- Interactionist
- Selectife law creation and enforcement
- Unable to negotiate justice (Cicourel)
- Postmodernist
- Disproportionately impacted by globalisation
- Labour is outsourced
- Crime becomes a viable career
- Disproportionately impacted by globalisation
- Functionalist
- Trends in social class and crime
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