refers to the way in which people working in a particular workplace can develop a shared set of values and prejudices. In the context of Crime and Deviance, the workforce in question is the police force.
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acts as a formal method of surveillance within society, recording and monitoring public behaviour.
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When trying to explain crime statistics showing that men commit many more criminal acts than women, some sociologists suggest that these statistics do not reflect reality; rather that mostly-male law enforcement officers tend to attempt to protect women f
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a Marxist perspective and one that sees the police not as a part of the community but as a hostile outside force.
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Functionalist sociologists see the police as coming from and working on behalf of the community that they police.
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One explanation for gender differences in criminality is the idea that women and girls are controlled more than boys and men are.
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refers specifically to crimes committed by companies rather than individuals (although individuals might well be found to have ultimate criminal responsibility, e.g. the CEO).
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Sociologists are interested in the policies and practices designed to prevent crime.
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data taken from official police statistics which reveal the number of crimes committed per every 1,000 individuals from the population.
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Every year the Home Office conduct a survey in order to gain a better picture of levels of criminality in the UK than that offered by official police statistics.
