Crime and Deviance - KEY WORDS Flashcards
Define ‘social control’
How society’s norms and values regulate a person’s behaviour
Define ‘institutional racism’
Society’s institutions (police, school etc.) that are intentionally/ unintentionally racist towards ethnic minorities
Define ‘stereotype’
A generalised view about a certain group of people
Define ‘anomie’
Who came up with this?
A state of chaos where no norms or values are shared, people getting things through illegal means
Merton (Functionalist)
Define ‘anti-social behaviour’
The violation of the rights of others through committing crime
Define ‘boundary maintenance’
When people are reminded of what happens when society’s boundaries are crossed
Define ‘double-deviance’
When a woman acts against the law and against traditional female stereotypes (at the same time)
Define ‘canteen culture’
Who discovered this?
Language and behaviours used informally by the police which influences discriminatory attitudes (through stereotypes and racism)
Waddington
Define ‘copycat violence’
When children mimic the violence they see in the media in real life
What does ‘ASBO’ stand for?
Anti-social behaviour order
Define ‘relative deprivation’
The media push certain objects, people from deprived backgrounds gain these through illegal means
What are the four factors which can affect whether an act is seen as criminal/deviant?
Time
Place
Social situation
Culture
What are official statistics?
Stats taken from records kept by official government groups e.g. police
Used as secondary data
What is a problem with using official statistics?
Don’t show dark figure of crime
What are two problems with using self-report surveys?
Usually only work for detecting less serious crimes
A person’s definition of crime/ deviance can be subjective
