a broad and collective term for a wide range of institutions and systems that exist to prevent, detect and prosecute crime as well as to punish and/or rehabilitate offenders.
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an approach to the sociology of crime and deviance which is closely related to radical criminology and approaches the subject from a conflict perspective. This approach is influenced by Marxism and feminism, as well as incorporating some post-modernist an
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relates the incidence of victimisation with social groups in society and seeks to point out how some social groups (such as women and the poor) are structurally more at risk of crime.
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the tribunal where more serious crimes (indictable offences) are tried
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that the canteen culture of the police affects how they apply their discretion, meaning that they are more likely to be suspicious of and hostile to certain social groups.
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It is widely understood that the official crime statistics will not include a wide range of criminal activity that occurs but is not, for a wide range of reasons, due to reporting, recording and recognising
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a term used by interactionist sociologists to refer to the way levels of deviance or crime can be increased by the societal reaction to deviance itself.
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anything that deviates from the norms and values of society (not all of which is necessarily criminal).
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examine how crime is distributed among different geographical locations.
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A lot of post-modern theory of crime and deviance focuses on the way in which crime is alluring and people commit crime because they get a buzz from it, rather than because of socialisation, subcultures or deprivation.This theory recognises the enjoyment
