Topic 2 - Explaining crime and deviance

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structural factors
aspects of society to do with the way it is put together or structured, e.g. its division into (unequal) social classes or the different status or men and women within society
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delinquency
minor crime usually carried out by young people
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status frustration
a concept developed by Albert Cohen and used to explain working-class male delinquency as reaction against middle-class values of success, as embodied in the school
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relative deprivation
a situation in which people feel deprived or badly off in relation to the living standards of the particular group that they compare themselves to
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minor crime usually carried out by young people

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delinquency

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a concept developed by Albert Cohen and used to explain working-class male delinquency as reaction against middle-class values of success, as embodied in the school

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a situation in which people feel deprived or badly off in relation to the living standards of the particular group that they compare themselves to

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