Crime Flashcards
Marxism
How - Hall, black mugger theory
the- Taylor, new criminology
greedy- Gordon, capitalist society is criminogenic
capitalists- Chambliss, one law for the rich, another for the poor
begun- box, crime is ideologically constructed
stopping- Snider, states only pass laws when forced to
peace- Pearce selective law enforcemnt
neo Marxism
- No one is forced to commit crime, many in same circumstances do not commit crime, Traditional Marxism is too deterministic
Labelling theory
Believing- Becker, Master status and self fulfilling prophecy
Labels- Lemert, primary and secondary deviance
Causes- Cicourel, selective law enforcement, study of two US cities
Crime- Cohen, Moral panics
Feminism
please- Pollack, chivalry thesis
Men- Messerschmidts, research into domestic violence, deviance way of ‘accomplishing masculinity’
Stop Harassing- Silvestri and Heidenson, Malestream Sociology and the invisibility of women
Small- Smart, points out that women are seen as ‘double deviants’
Animals- Alder, liberation thesis
Media and crime
How- Hall, Black mugger theory
Cunning- Cohen, Moral panic, folk devils can lead to deviancy amplification
Broadcasters- baudrillard, hyperreality of crime
Generate- GMG, dominant ideology
Reality- Reiner, News Values
Gender and crime
Please- Pollak, chivalry thesis
Men- Messerschmidts- research into domestic violence deviance way of ‘accomplishing masculinity’
Help- public sphere women controlled
Catch- Carlen, control theory and rational choice in Patriarchal society
Alder- Liberation thesis
Why females appear to commit less crime
- Less detectable offences - i.e. shop lifting
- Sex role theory and gender socialization- traditional roles mean they are more likely to have female characteristics
- Control theory and Rational Choice in Patriarchal Society (Carlen)
- Class deal- the benefits of paid employment
- Gender deal- the rewards of having a family
- Heidensohon- women have more to lose
Globalisation, green crime and state crime
Globalisation- growing interdependence of societies across the world and the spread of information, goods, and money is becoming easier. This is especially due to technology.
Global Risk Consciousness- globalisation creates new insecurities and produces a risk consciousness, where risk is local, rather than local scale. Much of the fears come from the media, as it exaggerates the dangers of crime
Global Corporate Crime
- Drugs
- Human trafficking
- Money laundering
- Cybercrime
Left Realist Approaches to Crime Prevention
Love you- Lea and Young, Remove relative deprivation square of crime needs to link up
Lots- Lyng, Edgework
Lol- Lewis, resentment of heavy handed police causes issues
Kidding- Kinsley, Police need to improve clear up rates.
Right Realist Approaches to Crime Prevention
Working Klass- Wilson and Keiling, ‘broken window thesis’
Criminals Can’t- Cornish and Clarke, crime rational opportunity
Stop- SCP, situational crime prevention, Pease ‘bars, bolts and barriers’
Fighting Cunts- Crime occurs when three conditions present.
approaches to criminal justice
Dumb- Durkheim, punishment as retribution i.e. boundary
Boy- Braithwaite, ‘Restorative justice’ Foucault, from sovereign power to disciplinary power
Loses- Lyon, argues that surveillance in technologically advanced societies has brought more focus on us and our private lives.
A- Althusser, state apparatus
Bad- Becker, says criminal becomes a master status- label of ex-con stops them integrating into society.
Girl- Goffman, interactionist, prison have their own subcultures which provide training grounds for criminals.
Ethnicity
Guys- Gilroy, black people in 70’s
Hate- Hall, black mugger
Raves- Reiner, canteen culture
But Party- Bowling and Phillips indirect racial discrimination and direct racial discrimination.
Feminist approach to crime prevention
Never- Newburn, 5 solutions to the problem of crime
Met- Messerschmidts, research into domestic violence, way of accomplishing masculinity, educate men to prevent
A- Alder, Liberation thesis, look at why women now feel emboldened and educate women to prevent crime
Feminist- Feminists: liberal, marxists, radical-
Liberal Feminists- emphasize improving the circumstances where more women report crimes against them
Marxist feminists- Women commit crime because of their poor economic situation, need to tackle societies inequalities
Radical Feminists- need to highlight sexual exploitation of women and abuse of women, men need to be re-socialised so they do not treat women as objects
Social Class and crime
Because- Box, Marxist, Crime is ideology constructed
Cunts Can- Clarke and Croall, Crimes are hidden from view and hard to detect
Steal- Sutherland, White collar crime
Nowadays- Newburn, focus on crimes of the powerless rather than crimes of the powerful
They Envy- Timmer and Eitzen, crime in the suites vs crime in the streets
white Collar Crime
Sutherland (1983) – crime not simply a working class
phenomenon but widespread. He coined the phrase ‘white
collar crime’ and argued these corporate crimes goes largely
undetected