Crime and Deviance

Question 1

Crime

Answer 1

An act which breaks the law, such as stealing

Question 2

Socialisation

Answer 2

Society has norms and values most people know and follow - some may have been badly socialised or learnt criminal Norms and values in family or criminal role models

Question 3

Deviance

Answer 3

Anti-social behaviour or behaviour which is not breaking the law but is not really acceptable in society.
E.g. Drinking a can of beer on the bus

Question 4

Why do young people commit crime?

Answer 4

• attention seeking
• peer pressure, easily influenced
• absolute/relative deprivation
• boredom, to look cool
• targeted by police

Question 5

Scape goat

Answer 5

People who are blamed for society’s problems (and crime)

Question 6

Surveillance

Answer 6

Controlling crime by watching

Question 7

Conformity

Answer 7

Following the norms of society

Question 8

Judiciary

Answer 8

Part of society which enforces the law

Question 9

Official crime statistics

Answer 9

Recorded crime by the police

Question 10

Probation

Answer 10

When someone is monitored after leaving prison

Question 11

Corporate crime

Answer 11

Crimes committed by companies (white-collar crime)

Question 12

Sub-culture

Answer 12

A small group which has different values to the rest of society

Question 13

Relative deprivation

Answer 13

Committing crime because you feel worse off than others

Question 14

Dark figure

Answer 14

Crime which is unrecorded by the police

Question 15

Stereotype

Answer 15

A generalised description of someone

Question 16

Master status

Answer 16

The most powerful label that people judge you by

Question 17

White collar crime

Answer 17

Crime committed by the wealthy

Question 18

Social construction

Answer 18

Deviance varies based on time and place

Question 19

Formal social control

Answer 19

When people are forced to conform because of the police

Question 20

Informal social control

Answer 20

When people are forced to conform because of friends and family

Question 21

Community service

Answer 21

A non-prison sentence where a criminal helps their local area

Question 22

Anomie

Answer 22

When people have no sense of right and wrong

Question 23

Self report study

Answer 23

A type of survey which asks people whether they have committed crime

Question 24

Chivalry thesis

Answer 24

Male dominance from the police and legal system

Feel sorry for women - may have a family, prob won’t commit crime again

Question 25

Institutional racism

Answer 25

The way in which organisations rather than individuals discriminate against ethnic groups

Question 26

Canteen culture

Answer 26

The racist attitudes and values of lower rank police officers

Question 27

Racial profiling

Answer 27

To use race and ethnicity as a way of determining whether someone is criminal

Question 28

Causes of ethnic minority crime

Answer 28

• higher unemployment amongst ethnic groups
• many ethnic groups suffer from poverty
• underachievement at school