Crime and Law - Causes of Crime Flashcards

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Name 3 social factors that may cause crime.

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Adverse Childhood Experience
Social Pressure
Drugs and Alcohol

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Name 3 economic factors that may cause crime.

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Greed
Unemployment
Poverty Pressures

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Name 3 biological factors that may cause crime.

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Hormones
Brain Disorder
Brain Maturity

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Explain why drugs and alcohol may cause crime.

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To fund or meet their addiction.

Being under the influence of substances can affect their understanding of what is right and wrong.

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Explain why adverse childhood experience may cause crime.

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People who have experienced physical abuse, neglect, grown up in households where drugs were used or where someone has been jailed are more likely to commit crimes because they have not had the right upbringing to learn how to be a responsible citizen.

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Explain why social pressure may cause crime.

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There is pressure in Scottish culture on men to “act the man” or be “the big man” which may pressure boys and men to commit crimes to show they are strong and in charge.

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Explain why greed may cause crime.

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When someone has the very selfish desire to get more and more of something, often money. they may commit crime out of jealousy or to live a life they cannot afford.

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Explain why poverty pressures may cause crime.

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Those who cannot afford the basics to survive in life may turn to crime to provide what they can’t afford.

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Explain why unemployment may cause crime.

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People don’t have enough money to afford the lifestyle they want so they are enticed into crime.
Unemployed - available time to commit the crimes.

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Give an example of drugs and alcohol causing crime.

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The Scottish government found just under 2/3 of violent crime is committed while someone is under the influence of alcohol.

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Give an example of adverse childhood experience causing crime.

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The BBC reports that people with adverse childhood experiences are 16x more likely to take drugs, 15x more likely to commit an act of violence and 20x more likely to be in prison in their life.

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Give an example of social pressure causing crime.

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Around 80% of domestic abuse cases, which are all crimes about control, had a male perpetrator and a female victim.

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Give an example of greed causing crime.

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The former SNP MP Natalie McGarry was jailed for embezzling more than £25,000, including donations intended for a foodbank.

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Give an example of poverty pressures causing crime.

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Known as “survival shoplifting” around 25% of all crimes of dishonesty are when people steal items from shops such as food and clothing.

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Give an example of unemployment causing crime.

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TALK TO TEACHER

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Explain why a brain disorder may cause crime.

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Explain why hormones may cause crime.

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Explain why brain maturity may cause crime.

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Give an example of a brain disorder causing crime.

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Give an example of hormones causing crime.

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Give an example of brain maturity causing crime.

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