50 mark question planning Flashcards
1
Q
Outline and assess Interactionist explanations of deviance.
A
A large amount of people commit crime but only a small number of people are caught
Becker (1963) deviant labels vested interests
Malinowski (1982) island community
Lemert (1972) primary and secondary deviance
2
Q
Outline and assess the view that most crime is committed by the working class.
A
Most street crime is committed in working areas
Wilson and Kelling (1981) broken windows
Marxists: CJS aids the bourgeois in class struggle, is made to their needs
Reiner (2012) bankers get away without punishment
Chambliss (1976) crime is rational response
