DISCOVERING THE CRIMINAL CLASSES Flashcards
1
Q
What was a criminal seen as?
A
social outsider
2
Q
what were 19th century anxieties of middle and upper class in both england and france?
A
pathology of cities, revolution from below, fear of “dangerous classes”
3
Q
why were the poor seen as dangerous?
A
because they give in to their passions and do not work
4
Q
what were the concerns of the dangerous classes?
A
that they stirred up at times of political economic and social crisis
5
Q
what were the beliefs of why people led a life of crime according to Henry Mayhew?
A
understood that poor parenting and abusive employers might lead someone to life of crime, and also believed that offenders disliked steady work
6
Q
who were seen as “dangerous women”?
A
prostitutes
