Social Class Flashcards
What do official stats show?
WC people especially from lower WC - more highly represented than others
Merton
WC - More likely to feel strain - unable to achieve through legitimate means - innovate in response to blocked opportunities (AE) - Utilitarian crime
Cohen
WC boys - culturally deprived - status frustration - education mainly MC institution - blocked opportunities means seek alternative opportunity for status - subculture - alternative status hierarchy
Chambliss
Criminogenic capitalism - WC steal - economic necessity - WC want consumer goods - RC steal - capitalism encourages greed (WCC e.g. Google tax)
Neo-Marxism
Marxist and interactionist - Capitalism - Inequality - WC choice to commit crime - fight back against cap Inequality - robin hood (redistribute wealth)
Labelling (Becker/Cicourel/Pivlliavin and Briar)
WC typifications - lead to DE - MC negotiate justice - crime stats not valid - WC appear more crime because targeted more - labelling leads to SFP
Right Realism
Underclass commit crime - inadequate socialisation - lack of discipline figure in SPF - overly reliant on state - perverse incentive - dependency culture
Left Realism
WC commit crime - relative deprivation - marginalised - WC feel powerless - unemployment and job insecurity amplify marginalisation - to get media advertised goods - WC turn to crime - police need to work with WC community to tackle problems of WC crime