crime definitions

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crime
a crime happens when the law is broken
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deviance
rule breaking behaviour, informal rules and norms as well as breaking formal rules
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anomie
'without norms' Durkheim and other functionalists use the term when someone is not integrated into society and so does not share the norms of that society
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social control
for functionalists, this is the idea that the process of socialisation means that people develop a sense of self control and do not commit crimes. For Marxists, social control is imposed on people by the ruling classes who create laws and ideologies
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underclass
those at the bottom of society The New Right believe that they have formed a culture at odds with mainstream society based on surviving on welfare benefits and crime
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delinquency
minor criminal or anti social acts committed by teenagers
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subculture
culture within a broader mainstream culture, with its own separate values, practises and beliefs
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moral panic
coined by Stan Cohen to describe a reaction to social events that has the effect of exaggerating the situation
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white collar crimes
broad such as environmental . fraud. crime committed by middle class people in the course of their job
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victim study
method of collecting data about crime asks respondents to report any crimes that they have been the victim of. Typically measures more crimes than are recorded by police
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surveillance
monitoring behaviour of society
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underclass
away from society
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hidden figure of crime
dark side of crime- unrecorded/unreported
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rule breaking behaviour, informal rules and norms as well as breaking formal rules

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deviance

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'without norms' Durkheim and other functionalists use the term when someone is not integrated into society and so does not share the norms of that society

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for functionalists, this is the idea that the process of socialisation means that people develop a sense of self control and do not commit crimes. For Marxists, social control is imposed on people by the ruling classes who create laws and ideologies

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those at the bottom of society The New Right believe that they have formed a culture at odds with mainstream society based on surviving on welfare benefits and crime

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