Sociology Crime & Deviance

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  • Created by: Dan King
  • Created on: 25-04-13 18:43
Behaviour that does not conform to a society's norms or social rules.
Deviance
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Surveys of the public which ask them to report any crimes they have experienced, whether or not they have reported them.
Victim Surveys
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Crime that is reported to the police
Reported Crime
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Data is valid if it gives a true picture of what is being studied
Validity
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A group with a set of values and ways of behaving which are distinctive from the generally accepted cultural values of society
Sub Culture
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Conduct of legal proceedings against a defendant for criminal behaviour
Prosecution
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Someone who believes in the ideas of Karl Marx
Marxist
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An approach in sociology that seeks to explain the existence of social structures by the role they perform for society as a whole
Functionalism
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A victim survey conducted annually by a team of researchers at the Home Office. The BCS measures the amount of crime in England and Wales by asking people about crimes they have experienced in the past year
British Crime Survey
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Refers to crimes committed by people in relatively high status positions
White Collar
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Surveys of the public which ask them to report any crimes they have experienced, whether or not they have reported them.

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Victim Surveys

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Crime that is reported to the police

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Data is valid if it gives a true picture of what is being studied

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A group with a set of values and ways of behaving which are distinctive from the generally accepted cultural values of society

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