Social Class & Crime Flashcards
1
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Newburn (2007)
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- Postmodernist
- Claims C&D is unfairly focused on lower SES people because they lack power in society
- They might need to commit crime because they’re desperate - sociologists may be judging them unfairly
2
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Sutherland (1949; 1983)
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- Suggests that crime exists in all social class levels
- Called lower class crime - ‘blue collar’ and upper class crime ‘white collar’
3
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Corporate Crime
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- Non-Compliance - acting without permission
- Environmenal - damaging nature
- Manufacturing Crime - false representation of product
- Labour Law Crime - ignoring health & safety law
- Unfair Trade - false advertising
- Financial Crime - tax evasion
4
Q
Why is Corporate Crime Less Reported?
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- Easier to hide
- Hard to find individual victim
- Can benefit both parties - bribery
- Hard to investigate
- Corporations are nearly impossible to act against
- Corporations often let off for ‘public good’
5
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Shaw & McKay (1931): Chicago’s Zones
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- Central Business District - low crime, high control
- Zone of Transition - high crime, poor cohesion
- Zone of Independent Workers’ Homes - low crime, high cohesion
- Zone of Better Residences - medium crime, accessible from lvl 2
- Commuters’ Zone - low crime, distance
6
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Why is crime found in Zone 2?
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- Cheap housing
- Immigrants move in - not necessarily foreign
- Successful people moved out
- More immigrants moved in
- Poverty/crime perpetuated as nobody ‘owns’ the area
- Called this ‘social disorganisation’
7
Q
Cultural Transmission
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- In zone 2 areas, crime becomes socially acceptable because it is so common
- Results in even more crime and criminal careers
8
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Sutherland & Cressey (1966): Differential Association
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Perception of crime built on a balance of information
* Frequency of Defintions
* Duration of Messages
* Priority - critical points in development
* Intensity - status of person giving message
