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crime

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a legal wrong that can be followed by criminal proceedings which may result in punishment

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deviance

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behaviour which is disproved of by most people in a society or does not conform to shared norms and values

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social order

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general conformability to shared norms and values, implemented so that society is peaceful and predicable

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social control

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process by which people are persuaded to obey the rules and conform to social expectations

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ogburn & nimkoff

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patterns of pressure which a society exerts to maintain order and establish rules

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social control- functionalists

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allows people to live the most functioning lifestyle, protects against the impacts of crime and deviance on peoples everyday life

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social control- marxists

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used to manipulate the proletariat and prevent a revolution

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social control- feminists

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on an informal level it prevents female opportunity to commit crime and reinforces paraparticle ideology

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social control- new right

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nesseccary to limit social delinquency caused by the underclass, crime is inevitable as long as underclass exist

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official crime statistics

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police, court and prison records

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crime survey for england and wales

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victim survey asking experiences of crime

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police recorded crime statistic (prcs) includes

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  • all territoral police forces within england and wales
  • all police recorded crimes
  • crimes police know about
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strengths of prcs

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  • easy to access
  • up to date, can be compared over time
  • whole population, patterns and trends
  • no ethical issues
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dark figure of crime

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all unrecorded crimes

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weaknesses of prcs

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  • do not include undetected or unreported crimes
  • not enough useful data can be collected about criminals
  • definition of lens changes over time
  • depends on police focus/ target
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cuffing

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when police do not record crimes that they don’t think they’re going to solve

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skewing

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forces putting resources into areas measured by performance indicators

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coughing

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when police get offenders to own up to crimes that they may not have committed, in exchange for a more lenient sentence

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prcs- functionalists

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accept- police help society function well

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prcs- new right

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accept- police keep people safe, highlights problems caused by underclass

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prcs- left realists

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agree- acknowledge flaws but argue they’re useful

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prcs- feminists

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agree- help women, keep men in check

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prcs- marxists

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reject- keep proletariate in line so no revolt

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prcs- other feminism

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reject- most police force is men women victims not taken seriously

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prcs- interpretivists
believe police discriminate some groups
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prcs- radical criminologists
police abuse power and over police certain groups
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victim survey
people are asked about their experiences of being a victim of crime within a certain period of time
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crime survey for england and wales (csew)- victim survey
- carried out annually on behalf of home office - face to face interviews structured interviews - sheds light on dark figure of crime
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victim surveys- strength
- can capture crimes not reported to the police - can capture crimes not recorded to the police - provides contextual understanding of crime and its impact
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victim surveys- weaknesses
- does not capture victimless crimes - only a sample population is surveyed, so overall trends may not be representative - relies on memory and/ or honesty of those being surveyed
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self reported study
people are asked about crimes that they themselves have committed
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sutherland (1949)- social class offending
- high numbers of working class offenders and low numbers of middle/ upper class offenders - social class of criminals not usually recorded, but there is link between crime and deprivation
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reiner (2007)- social class offending
- 74% of the prison population drawn from poorest 20% of population - 1/2 of all male and 1/3 of all female criminals were excluded from school - 41% of criminals grew up in domestic abusive households
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london's poverty profile- social class offending
- 80% more crimes were recorded in the most deprived areas - drugs and weapon offences are 2.6 more prevalent in the most income deprived 10%, compared to least deprived 10%
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csew (2021)- social class victimisation
- no statistically significant correlation between most crimes and social class - victims of violent crimes 2x more likely to be from the poorest areas of the country than the richest
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safe lives (2021)- social class victimisation
women in households with less income then £10,000 were 3.5 times more at risk than those above £20,000
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islington and merseyside crime surveys- social class victimisation
poorer communities more at risk of crimes and repeat victimisation
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wiles and costello (2000)- social class victimisation
offenders more likely to commit crime where they themselves live
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ministry of justice (2000)- age offending
- aged 15 -17 account for 74% of offending population, make up 37% population in england and wales - 24 - 44 make up 63% prison population - boys accounted for 86% of offending population, compared with 51% of the 10 - 17 population
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csew (2020)- age victimisation
- likelihood of being a victim of crime decreases with age - 18.3% 16 - 24 year olds been a victim of crime - 5% aged 75 years or older having been a victim of crime
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ons- rise in crime
- shoplifting- up by 36% - theft (from person)- up by 18% - robbery- up by 13%
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ministry of justice- gender crimes
- 36% female prisoners with sentence less than 6 months were caught shoplifting - males more likely to be involved in violent crimes
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home office homicide inex- gender victimisation
49% adult female homicide was committed by their partner compared to 10% of men
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PRCS- gender offending
males commit 80% of all recorded crimes
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ministry of justice- gender victimisation
3.2% of women
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ministry of justice- ethnicity offending (asian)
- in 2020 asian offenders had longest average custodial sentence for drug charges at 46.2 months - asian ethnic group (2%) were less likely than white ethnic group (4%) to be victim of a personal crime (7%)
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ministry of justice- ethnicity offending (black)
- 2017- 2020 49% of homicide victims ages 15-17 and 37% aged 18-20 were from black ethnic group - in 2018-2019 cohort reoffending rates for adults was highest for black offenders at 30%
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ministry of justice- gender offending
females accounted for only 18% of arrests and 25% of convictions in 2013
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official crime data- gender offending
- peak age for female offending is 15, whist male is 18 - girls continue to commit throughout their teens, male offending declines in late 20s
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CSEW- gender victimisation
- males accounted for 7 out of 20 homicide victims, most likely to be killed by a stranger or acquaintance - over half of female homicide victims since 2003 were killed by a husband or partner
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CSEW- gender victimisation
- each year since 1982 fewer women are victims of crime - in last 5 years victimisation has decreased for men, leaving men and women with similar victimisation rates
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global crime
crimes that transcends national borders and takes place across different parts of the world
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global/ transnational organised crime
cross border activities of organised crime groups e.g drug trafficking, human trafficking and cyber crimes
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castells
organised crime groups are ran like business, different groups work together in different countries/ areas to minimise risk and maximise profit
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statistics on organised crime
- hard to get accurate picture on global crime - most successful crimes are ones we don't know about crimes are often not reported to police - constantly changing with society
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