Crime Flashcards
Deviance
Behaviour that does not fit in with society’s norms and values
Social control
Restrictions put on people’s behaviour to keep them in order
agents of social control
The groups and organisations that help to enforce how people should behave
Sanctions
Punishments or rewards for people who break or keep to the rules
Police caution
A warning given to someone who has committed a minor crime
Formal social control
Control of people’s behaviour based on written laws and rules
Delinquency
The bad and sometimes criminal behaviour of young people
anti-social behaviour
Actions which caused harassment distress or alarm to other people
informal social control
The control of people’s behaviour based on things we approve or disapprove of
Reported crime
all crime that is reported to the police
Recorded crime
All crime that is recorded by police and appears in their official statistics
official crime statistics
Data on criminal offences put together by official bodies such as government departments
Victim survey
Research which asks people about their experiences of crime and whether or not they have reported it
Self report study
Research which asks people whether or not they have committed a crime recently along with any details
criminal subculture
A group of people with shared norms and values which include breaking the law
status frustration
A theory developed by Cohen which explains the dissatisfaction many working class boys feel with their standing in Society
Gender deal
The idea that there is an expectation that women will be given emotional and material rewards for being supportive partners to a breadwinner
Class deal
The idea that there is an expectation that working-class women should be able to buy consumer goods with their wages
Master status
label given to someone that becomes their primary identity overriding all other statuses
chivalry thesis
The idea that women are treated more leniently than men by the criminal justice system
Control theory
The idea that people are likely to conform when there isn’t incentive for them to do so
A n o m i e
A state of normal lawlessness in which the norms that regulate people’s behaviour breakdown
White-collar crime
The illegal activities of people of a relatively high status during their work
