sociology GCSE mindmap: crime and deviance
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- Created on: 14-12-17 14:56
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- who commits crime?
- typical criminal
- males
- working class
- young
- status frustation
- Young people are frustrated with their lack of an independent status in society.
- Caught in the transition between child and adult and therefore are required to not act as a child but are denied full rights and responsibility an adult.
- peer pressure
- Other people that you know who are encouraging you to do things that you wouldn't normally do.
- Someone wanting to be accepted by their peer group.
- Fear of being rejected.
- pressured into doing something you know is illegal or wrong.
- e.g. Your group makes you steal something from a shop for them and if you don't, you aren't a true a friend and will be kicked out .
- Untitled
- lack of responsibilitiy
- If you child, not as mature and don't have as many things to be as cautious about therefore drift back into there childish ways.
- A mother or a women is less likely to commit crime because they are always working and have more responsibility than a man.
- If you child, not as mature and don't have as many things to be as cautious about therefore drift back into there childish ways.
- police stereotyping
- typical criminal
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