Causes of Crime (Learning)

Question 1

Biological Traits Point

Answer 1

Certain types of people (e.g Men) commit many more crimes than other types of groups (e,g women).

Question 2

Bio K

Answer 2

Men commit 73% of all crimes and almost all Violent Crime is committed by men.

Question 3

Bio Boost Point

Answer 3

People with certain genes are more likely to commit crimes than people without these certain genes.

Question 4

Bio Boost K

Answer 4

Researchers found in a study in Finland that people with with two certain genes were 13 times more likely to have a history of repeated violent behaviour.

Question 5

Eval Bio

Answer 5

Major

Question 6

Psychological Theories

Answer 6

Suggest that people with Mental Health Problems are far more likely to commit crimes than people without Mental Health Problems.

Question 7

Psy K

Answer 7

In Northern Ireland 2/3 of people arrested had a mental health problem.

Question 8

Psy Balance Point

Answer 8

However people with mental illnesses are not likely to commit crimes and often people involved with drugs have mental illness caused by drugs

Question 9

Psy Balance k

Answer 9

1 in 4 people will experience a mental health problem of some kind each year in England [1]. And far less than 1 in 4 commit a crime

Question 10

Sociological Causes Point

Answer 10

People in poor areas more likely to commit crimes than people in rich areas.

Question 11

Soc K

Answer 11

Edinburgh (richer) had 579 crimes per 10,000 people compared to Glasgow (poorer) which had 680 crimes per 10,000 people in 2019/20

Question 12

Soc Boost Point

Answer 12

Strain Theory is when people commit crimes to escape the strain of a bad situation such as poverty.

Question 13

Soc Boost k

Answer 13

People often steal and sell bikes and cars (usually selling parts) to fund drug addictions which often cost between £15k-£30k per year.

Question 14

Eval soc

Answer 14

Major

Question 15

Psy Eval

Answer 15

Not major

Question 16

Best

Answer 16

Society

Question 17

Bio point balance

Answer 17

Criminologists who research the Biological causes of Crime often only collect data based on a small number or a certain type of people.

Question 18

Bio balance k

Answer 18

Large jaw
- High cheekbones
- Large ears
- Insensitivity to pain
were according to Lombroso more likely to commit a crime based on his research on Italian Prisons where inmates mainly came from poor backgrounds which affected their appearance.

Question 19

Social balance

Answer 19

Wealthy people and businesses often commit crimes by avoiding paying tax to keep hold of their money

Question 20

Social balance k

Answer 20

2020 Dominic Chappell jailed for six years for tax avoidance

Question 21

Super Social

Answer 21

People in poverty more likely to be expelled

Almost a quarter of children in England who said they had carried a knife in the previous year had been expelled or suspended from school.

Question 22

Super bio

Answer 22

Psychopath is mental disprded cause people to be violent

Scottish Psychopath Peter Tobin was a serial killer

Question 23

Super pyc

Answer 23

Suicide prison stats

Question 24

Psychology boost

Answer 24

Dysfunctional families: people from troubled and unstable families are more likely to commit crime.