AC 3.1 Analyse situations of criminality

Question 1

What are the reasons for crimes against a property, like theft, burglary robbery?

Answer 1

• relative deprivation - wanting what others have (left realism
• strain on the poor (merton’s theory)
• marxism

Question 2

What are the reasons for white collar crimes?

Answer 2

• wanting to keep being richer and richer (marxism)
• operant conditioning - money being a positive reinforcement
• Freud
• Sutherland - association with other coworkers

Question 3

What are the reasons for crimes against the person?

Answer 3

• Sutherland - learning that ABH is okay
• Lack of remorse - maternal deprivation

Question 4

What are the possible reasons for honour crime?

Answer 4

• Sutherland - associating with family that want maintain the honour and must please them

Question 5

What are the reasons for crimes like murder?

Answer 5

• Cognitive distortions and Sutherland - thinking its acceptable
• Eysenck - no control of aggression

Question 6

What are the possible reasons for crimes like public order offences?

Answer 6

• Sutherland - associating with peers that do it
• Lombroso - strong uncontrollable urges