Crime And Deviece

Question 1

What is crime?

Answer 1

Illegal act that is punishable by law

Question 2

What is deviance?

Answer 2

Behaviour that goes against society’s norms and values

Question 3

The media

Answer 3

Moral panic
Stereotypes
Labelling
Biased

Question 4

Social approaches to crime?

Answer 4

Functionalist and new right: bad socialisation, single parent families cause crime
Marxism: capitalist society can lead to crime
Not everyone can access wealth and status
The legal system benefits the rich and not the poor

Question 5

Causes of crime

Answer 5

Peer pressure
Inadequate socialisation
Poverty

Question 6

Youth crime causes

Answer 6

Sub cultures

Less responsibility and

Question 7

Negative impacts of crime

Answer 7

Poverty

Depopulation

Question 8

Causes of deviant behaviour

Answer 8

Alienation

Teenage rebellion

Question 9

What is the hidden figure?

Answer 9

Crime that isn’t reported

Question 10

Age

Answer 10

Subcultures

Teen rebellion

Question 11

Gender

Answer 11

Chivalry thesis
Difference in socialisation of genders
More females committing crime

Question 12

Social class

Answer 12

Marxism
Wc over represented in prisons
Theft if lower class