Crime

Question 1

Deviance

Answer 1

Behaviour that does not fit in with society’s norms and values

Question 2

Social control

Answer 2

Restrictions put on people’s behaviour to keep them in order

Question 3

agents of social control

Answer 3

The groups and organisations that help to enforce how people should behave

Question 4

Sanctions

Answer 4

Punishments or rewards for people who break or keep to the rules

Question 5

Police caution

Answer 5

A warning given to someone who has committed a minor crime

Question 6

Formal social control

Answer 6

Control of people’s behaviour based on written laws and rules

Question 7

Delinquency

Answer 7

The bad and sometimes criminal behaviour of young people

Question 8

anti-social behaviour

Answer 8

Actions which caused harassment distress or alarm to other people

Question 9

informal social control

Answer 9

The control of people’s behaviour based on things we approve or disapprove of

Question 10

Reported crime

Answer 10

all crime that is reported to the police

Question 11

Recorded crime

Answer 11

All crime that is recorded by police and appears in their official statistics

Question 12

official crime statistics

Answer 12

Data on criminal offences put together by official bodies such as government departments

Question 13

Victim survey

Answer 13

Research which asks people about their experiences of crime and whether or not they have reported it

Question 14

Self report study

Answer 14

Research which asks people whether or not they have committed a crime recently along with any details

Question 15

criminal subculture

Answer 15

A group of people with shared norms and values which include breaking the law

Question 16

status frustration

Answer 16

A theory developed by Cohen which explains the dissatisfaction many working class boys feel with their standing in Society

Question 17

Gender deal

Answer 17

The idea that there is an expectation that women will be given emotional and material rewards for being supportive partners to a breadwinner

Question 18

Class deal

Answer 18

The idea that there is an expectation that working-class women should be able to buy consumer goods with their wages

Question 19

Master status

Answer 19

label given to someone that becomes their primary identity overriding all other statuses

Question 20

chivalry thesis

Answer 20

The idea that women are treated more leniently than men by the criminal justice system

Question 21

Control theory

Answer 21

The idea that people are likely to conform when there isn’t incentive for them to do so

Question 22

A n o m i e

Answer 22

A state of normal lawlessness in which the norms that regulate people’s behaviour breakdown

Question 23

White-collar crime

Answer 23

The illegal activities of people of a relatively high status during their work