Cultural criminology

Question 1

What factors do cultural criminologist look at when investigating why crime occurs (4)

Answer 1

1) meaning and representation
2) subcultures and identity
3) emotions and expirences
4) contextual analysis

Question 2

Explain meaning and representation

Answer 2

1) Explores how crime is represented in media
2) affecting public perception and individual behaviour
3) cause moral panic

Question 3

Explain subcultures and identity

Answer 3

1) how subcultures adopt criminal behaviour as a form of resistance or an expression of identity
2) response to social marginalisation.

Question 4

Explain emotions and experiences

Answer 4

1)emphasises role of emotion in crime
2) considers how feelings like pleasure, fear, anger influence crime

Question 5

Explain context analysis

Answer 5

recognising meanings and behaviour can vary across different societies.

Question 6

Explain the underclass

Answer 6

1) more enhanced social and economic disadvantages than working class.
2) leads to a cycle of poverty which can be hard to escape.

Question 7

Ferrell 1999 - understanding crime

Answer 7

1) interplay of culture and crime
2) media representations
3) emotional dimensions
4) subcultures and resistance
5) contextual understanding

Question 8

Katz 1998 - seductions of crime

Answer 8

crime is perused for inherent allure, thrill and excitement rather than for economic gain or necessity

Question 9

Lyung 2005 - edgework

Answer 9

1) engaging in risky activities can be understood as a form of edgework where individual’s seek a sense of freedom
2) risk taken is not solely driven by external factors but is deeply routed in personal experience

Question 10

what do cultural criminologists argue about identity

Answer 10

it is not static

Question 11

what do 19th century hooligans illustrate

Answer 11

how social class and cultural contexts can shape deviant behaviours.

Question 12

what did mods and rockers illustrate

Answer 12

tensions between different social groups

Question 13

context behind mods and rockers

Answer 13

1) seaside confrontations
2) violent clashes between 2 subcultures
3) media exaggerated scale of violence to cause moral panic around youth subcultures

Question 14

How does gangster rap link to criminal behaviour

Answer 14

1) genre reflects lived in experiences of marginalised communities addressing issues such as violence and poverty.
2) shows resistance against societal norms and injustices
3) critics argue it glorifies violence and contributes to criminal behaviour

Question 15

Young 2003 - underclass

Answer 15

1) underclass are a systematic disadvantage e.g. poverty, lack of education
2) leads to a sense of alienation
3) leads to increased criminality due to deep rooted social excluion and inequalities

Question 16

Young 2003 - bulimic society

Answer 16

1) we live in a bulimic society where citizens are encouraged to worship success, money, wealth and status.
2) deviance is an expression of social exclusion and desire for inclusion