Social factors that impacts levels in victims and offenders

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  • SOCIAL FACTORS THAT IMPACT LEVELS IN..
    • OFFENDERS
      • GENDER
        • Police recorded stats males commit 80% of all crimes
        • chivalry thesis
          • women treated more leniently due to maternal instincts
        • peak offending age peak and decline earlier for women
      • CLASS
        • Williams
          • experience of lower class more freq in prison
            • running away from home or exp of vio
        • Sutherland
          • crime is higher in lower class than upper class
        • 67% unemploy rate in prison, 5% in gen pop
      • AGE
        • McVie
          • age and offending not as clear cut
            • Home Office group those 21-25 altogether
        • Soothilll
          • diff peak offending age for diff crimes
            • 16 for burglary 21-15 for motoring a drug
      • ETHNICITY
        • Bowling and Philips
          • CPS likely to drop cases w/ black suspects
            • due to inadequate evidence, shows they were arrested for no reason
        • black  people stopped and searched 7x + than white people
    • VICTIMS
      • CLASS
        • Young
          • 'myth the equal victim'
            • poor are hit harder when they are victims
        • Kinsey
          • poor suffer more than wealthy
            • 'multiple victimisation' due to number of social problems faced
      • AGE
        • CSEW 2009
          • 10-15 yrs old
            • 12% victims, 56% victims of vio crime
      • GENDER
        • Hamner and Saunders
          • 20% women sexually assaulted and don't report
        • Stanko
          • 24Hr, incident of DV reported every second but no arrests
        • Walklate
          • abusive relationships, women x econ indep, no home
            • 50%+ women homicide victims killed by husband
      • ETHNICITY
        • Home Office 2005
          • black people 5x + likely to be murdered
        • CSEW 2012
          • BAME groups more at risk of being victim of personal crime
  • VICTIMS
    • CLASS
      • Young
        • 'myth the equal victim'
          • poor are hit harder when they are victims
      • Kinsey
        • poor suffer more than wealthy
          • 'multiple victimisation' due to number of social problems faced
    • AGE
      • CSEW 2009
        • 10-15 yrs old
          • 12% victims, 56% victims of vio crime
    • GENDER
      • Hamner and Saunders
        • 20% women sexually assaulted and don't report
      • Stanko
        • 24Hr, incident of DV reported every second but no arrests
      • Walklate
        • abusive relationships, women x econ indep, no home
          • 50%+ women homicide victims killed by husband
    • ETHNICITY
      • Home Office 2005
        • black people 5x + likely to be murdered
      • CSEW 2012
        • BAME groups more at risk of being victim of personal crime

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