40 Mark Question Plan: Crime and Deviance in relation to Class

Question 1

What will the question say if it is to do with class?

Answer 1

Discuss the view that crime is linked to social class

Question 2

How many paragraphs must you write?

Answer 2

7

Question 3

Which 2 paragraphs that are not main point paragraphs do you need?

Answer 3

Introduction, Conclusion

Question 4

What must you do after giving your main supporting point in an argument?

Answer 4

Link it to the question

Question 5

How many main point paragraphs must you have?

Answer 5

5

Question 6

What is the structure for writing main point paragraphs?

Answer 6

PEELE

Question 7

Which Functionalists created the idea of opportunity structures?

Answer 7

Cloward and Ohlin

Question 8

What did Cloward and Ohlin say were the 2 opportunity structure types?

Answer 8

Legitimate opportunity structures, illegitimate opportunity structures

Question 9

What are legitimate opportunity structures?

Answer 9

Ways in society to achieve status that are acceptable

Question 10

What are illegitimate opportunity structures?

Answer 10

Ways to achieve status that are unacceptable

Question 11

Which social class area is more likely to have illegitimate opportunity structures?

Answer 11

Working class areas

Question 12

Name a type of deviant subculture working class youths will join to try and gain status through violence

Answer 12

Conflict subculture

Question 13

What do conflict subcultures do?

Answer 13

Protect territories

Question 14

Name a type of deviant subculture working class youths will join to try and gain status through drug use

Answer 14

Retreatist subculture

Question 15

How would Interactionists argue against this first Functionalist point?

Answer 15

They would say crime is due to labelling

Question 16

What did Cicourel find police had?

Answer 16

A stereotypical view of a typical delinquent

Question 17

Give the full CAGE explanation for the typical delinquent and where they live

Answer 17

Working class young male from an ethnic minority living in an inner city area.

Question 18

What were police officers more likely to do if someone met the typical delinquent stereotype?

Answer 18

Stop and search them

Question 19

If the typical delinquent stereotype group of people were always treated harshly by the police, how would they feel about authority?

Answer 19

They would oppose authority

Question 20

What would working class people do if they had been negatively labelled by the police?

Answer 20

Go against the law

Question 21

Name a Right Realist who would say crime is linked to social class

Answer 21

Murray

Question 22

What does Murray argue for working class boys?

Answer 22

They have experienced inefficient primary socialisation

Question 23

What does Murray describe working class people who commit crime as?

Answer 23

The underclass

Question 24

What does Murray say will happen if working class boys do not have a father present?

Answer 24

They do not understand the importance of having a male role model who is a breadwinner

Question 25

What will happen for working class boys if they do not have a male breadwinner role model?

Answer 25

They do not understand the importance of work

Question 26

Which CAGE factor would Official Crime Statistics argue is a larger factor for crime?

Answer 26

Ethnicity

Question 27

What does 2020 Ministry of Justice Data show?

Answer 27

Black people are overrepresented in prison by 10%

Question 28

Which Neo-Marxists argued WC people commit crime as a deliberate political act?

Answer 28

Taylor, Walton and Young

Question 29

According to Taylor, Walton and Young, what are WC people doing by committing crimes?

Answer 29

Redistributing wealth from the rich to the poor

Question 30

Give an example of WC people redistributing wealth via a crime

Answer 30

If they stole food from a supermarket

Question 31

What would Feminists say about which factor links to crime more?

Answer 31

Gender

Question 32

Who created the concept of 'deals' in society?

Answer 32

Carlen

Question 33

What 2 deals did Carlen say there were?

Answer 33

Class deal, Gender deal

Question 34

What does the class deal say?

Answer 34

If women work hard they are financially rewarded with a stable middle class life

Question 35

What does the gender deal say?

Answer 35

If women follow their gender roles they will be emotionally rewarded with a family

Question 36

What did Carlen say about why women will commit crimes?

Answer 36

They commit crimes if they cannot conform to the deals in society

Question 37

Why do some women feel they cannot conform to the class deal?

Answer 37

They do not have the qualifications to get a well-paying job

Question 38

Why do some women feel they cannot conform to the gender deal?

Answer 38

They have been in abusive relationships in the past

Question 39

Which Functionalist would say crime is linked to social class in terms of frustration?

Answer 39

Cohen

Question 40

What happened to the WC boys in school when the work became difficult?

Answer 40

They gave up

Question 40

Which Functionalist would say crime is linked to social class in terms of values taught?

Answer 40

Miller

Question 41

What did Cohen find a group of working class boys tried to do in school?

Answer 41

Tried to achieve status in education

Question 42

What concept did Cohen create?

Answer 42

Status frustration

Question 42

What did the boys in Cohen's study blame their failure in school on?

Answer 42

Their social status

Question 43

What did the WC boys in Cohen's study do after failing in school?

Answer 43

They formed an anti-school subculture

Question 43

Name 2 forms of behaviour the working class boys in Cohen's study engaged in

Answer 43

Vandalism, Violence

Question 44

What are Focal concerns?

Answer 44

The values that are taught in the working class

Question 45

What concept did Miller create?

Answer 45

Focal concerns

Question 46

What did Miller say about the working class values that are taught?

Answer 46

They are inferior to middle class norms and values

Question 47

Name a focal concern Miller described

Answer 47

Valuing strength over intelligence

Question 48

Why does Miller say focal concerns lead to more crimes among the working class?

Answer 48

They try to prove they are following these values

Question 49

What factor would Left Realists say crime is linked to instead?

Answer 49

Ethnicity

Question 50

Which Left Realists say black youths are marginalised?

Answer 50

Lea and Young

Question 51

How do Lea and Young say black youths are marginalised in school?

Answer 51

They are not given extra help in their lessons

Question 52

How do Lea and Young say black youths are marginalised in society?

Answer 52

Police officers treat them more harshly

Question 53

What do Lea and Young say is the impact of marginalisation of black youths in society?

Answer 53

They will grow to resent the authorities

Question 54

What would Marxists say about social class and crime supporting the argument that crime can be linked to social class?

Answer 54

Upper class people can also commit crimes

Question 55

Which Marxist said corporate crimes do more harm than street crime?

Answer 55

Snider

Question 56

Name an Oil Spill that caused a lot of environmental harm

Answer 56

BP Oil Spill

Question 57

How many barrels of oil went into the ocean a day in the BP Oil Spill?

Answer 57

90,000 barrels a day

Question 58

Which Marxist would argue upper class people will commit corporate crimes because they know they will not get caught?

Answer 58

Croall

Question 59

What did Croall say was a reason for corporate crime offenders not getting caught in terms of responsibility?

Answer 59

Responsibility is diffused

Question 60

What did Croall say was a reason for corporate crime offenders not getting caught in terms of victims knowing they are victims?

Answer 60

Victims may not know a crime has been committed against them

Question 61

What did Croall say was a reason for corporate crime offenders not getting caught in terms of victims meeting offenders?

Answer 61

Victims would likely never come face to face with offenders

Question 62

What would Postmodernists say to argue against the view that social class and crime are linked?

Answer 62

There are no structural causes of crime

Question 63

Which Postmodernists would say there are no structural causes of crime?

Answer 63

Henry and Milovanovic

Question 64

Why would Henry and Milovanovic say there are no structural causes of crime?

Answer 64

Every individual has their own complex reasons for committing crimes

Question 65

Name a crime that Henry and Milovanovic would say could have many different reasons for why it was committed

Answer 65

Murder

Question 66

Name 2 possible causes other than capitalism possibly influencing a murder?

Answer 66

Revenge, Rage