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1
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Crime

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An act which breaks the law, such as stealing

2
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Socialisation

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Society has norms and values most people know and follow - some may have been badly socialised or learnt criminal Norms and values in family or criminal role models

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Deviance

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Anti-social behaviour or behaviour which is not breaking the law but is not really acceptable in society.
E.g. Drinking a can of beer on the bus

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Why do young people commit crime?

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  • attention seeking
  • peer pressure, easily influenced
  • absolute/relative deprivation
  • boredom, to look cool
  • targeted by police
5
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Scape goat

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People who are blamed for society’s problems (and crime)

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Surveillance

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Controlling crime by watching

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Conformity

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Following the norms of society

8
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Judiciary

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Part of society which enforces the law

9
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Official crime statistics

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Recorded crime by the police

10
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Probation

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When someone is monitored after leaving prison

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Corporate crime

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Crimes committed by companies (white-collar crime)

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Sub-culture

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A small group which has different values to the rest of society

13
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Relative deprivation

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Committing crime because you feel worse off than others

14
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Dark figure

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Crime which is unrecorded by the police

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Stereotype

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A generalised description of someone

16
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Master status

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The most powerful label that people judge you by

17
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White collar crime

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Crime committed by the wealthy

18
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Social construction

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Deviance varies based on time and place

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Formal social control

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When people are forced to conform because of the police

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Informal social control

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When people are forced to conform because of friends and family

21
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Community service

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A non-prison sentence where a criminal helps their local area

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Anomie

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When people have no sense of right and wrong

23
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Self report study

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A type of survey which asks people whether they have committed crime

24
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Chivalry thesis

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Male dominance from the police and legal system

Feel sorry for women - may have a family, prob won’t commit crime again

25
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Institutional racism

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The way in which organisations rather than individuals discriminate against ethnic groups

26
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Canteen culture

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The racist attitudes and values of lower rank police officers

27
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Racial profiling

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To use race and ethnicity as a way of determining whether someone is criminal

28
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Causes of ethnic minority crime

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  • higher unemployment amongst ethnic groups
  • many ethnic groups suffer from poverty
  • underachievement at school