Crime Flashcards
One social cause of crime is peer-pressure.
Young people can be influenced or pressured by the people around them to join gangs and they are sometimes forced to take part in initiation tasks.
For example…
This might lead to a young person committing some crimes associated with gangs, including knife crime, drug dealing, vandalism and antisocial behaviour.
One social cause of crime is upbringing.
This means that if a person is brought up in a home where their family members commit crimes, this person may think it is ‘normal’.
For example…
If a parent or older sibling is in a gang, the child is more likely to follow in their footsteps and join in the gang.
One consequence of crime on the perpetrator(s) is that criminals often do not think about the consequences of their actions - young people who play into the hands of peer-pressure later realise…
How their actions will have an effect on their lives.
One consequence of crime for the perpetrator(s) is that convicted criminals are given a criminal record.
They may have to declare this when applying for a job. This can be off putting for employees, criminals may end up job-less, in low paying work, temporary or zero hour contracts. You may even be fired if given a criminal conviction.
For example…
Some jobs such as teaching or working with children, require you to not have a criminal record.
You must declare your criminal convictions when applying for certain university colleges, things such as law, medicine or teaching. This may stop…
The pursuit of a career.
Unemployment and low-paid jobs can cause criminals to feel trapped in a cycle of poverty. This may result in things such as…
Drug dealing - to make more money.
You can’t get a visa with certain criminal convictions…
Family holidays and working abroad can become difficult.
Being sent to prison means losing your job. Paying bills, rent or mortgage won’t be possible. You may lose your home. Some criminals experience…
Violence and/or depression whilst in prison.
Younger people face a higher risk of becoming a victim of crime than older people - though elderly fear crime more. Women are less likely to be victims of crime than men, perhaps due to factors like…
Male involvement in gang crime.
Depending on the crime, it can have a huge impact on the victim.
Robbery has a … impact.
Financial
Each week, … British children visit prisons.
10,000
Nearly … percent of all prisoners lose contact with their families.
Fifty
… boys with a parent in prison will become an offender too.
2 out of 3
Almost … percent of prisoners reoffend within a year of release.
Fifty
Family visits can reduce prisoners reoffending by almost … percent.
Forty
