Behaviour that is so disapproved that a community finds it impossible to tolerate.
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Garland (2001) Late Modernity
People believed government had crime under control. In late modernity a greater sense of uncertainty and risk.
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Collison (1995) Promotion
Police officers try to impress senior officers, but need to get along with colleagues who don't like officers who are too keen. Arrests reflect a balance between comradeship and a desire for promotion
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Anderson (1994) Police Discretion
Youths, polite + co-operation = less likely to be arrested
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Jones (1995) Islington Crime Surveys
British Crime Surveys underreported higher levels of victimization of minority ethnic groups.
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Walton and Young (1973)
Criticise functionalist Merton of ignoring powerful crimes + exaggerating working class crimes.
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British Crime Surveys
Collection of results of crime by Home Office
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Durkheim - Collective Conscience
The core, shared values of society
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Consensual
Majority of people share similar values
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Crime
Activities that break the law of the land and are subject to official punishment
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Deviance
Behaviour that's different from the norm and viewed as 'wrong'
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Official Statistics
Statistics released by govenment
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Garland - Responsibilization
Shift towards blaming people for their own victimization, by suggesting they have not taken adequate precautions (The Accused, **** Victims)
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Social Construction
Created by society so subject to cultural variation and change
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Functionalist - Merton (1938) - Strain Theory
Crime and Deviance evidence of a strain between socially accepted goals of society & achieving those goals leading to deviance.
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Bad Business (1998)
Book investigating illegitimate opportunity structure, Criminals demonstrate how it's possible to have a career in crime with the right connections and 'qualities'.
Some subcultures, regular illegal career is available to obtain society's goals
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Cohen (1955) Status Frustration
Sense of personal failure & inadequacy due to class, leads to rejection of acceptable values and behaviours.
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Katz (1988)
Crime is seductive. Young males do it for the thrill no other reason.
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Subculture
Distinctive set of values that provides an alternative to those of the mainstream culture
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Subterranean Values
Deviant values that exist alongside socially accepted values, usually kept under control. May emerge in certain social situations like parties and holidays abroad.
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
People believed government had crime under control. In late modernity a greater sense of uncertainty and risk.
Back
Garland (2001) Late Modernity
Card 3
Front
Police officers try to impress senior officers, but need to get along with colleagues who don't like officers who are too keen. Arrests reflect a balance between comradeship and a desire for promotion
Back
Card 4
Front
Youths, polite + co-operation = less likely to be arrested
Back
Card 5
Front
British Crime Surveys underreported higher levels of victimization of minority ethnic groups.
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