keywords for crime

Question 1

1.social control
2.societial deviance
3.situational deviance

Answer 1

1.methods used by society to ensure people conform to norms and vlaues e.g formal social control laws and polcing
2.acts seen as deviant by most members of society
3.acts seen as deviant in particualr contexts

Question 2

4.boundary maintenance
5.anomie
6.egoism

Answer 2

4.criminal exposed and publically shamed then reinforces the idea of rights and wrong for rest of society
5.’normlessness’ when ppl not longer conform to norms and values of society
6.when people collective conscience becomes weak and put their own selfish desires before those of others

Question 3

7.strain theory
8.subculture
9.delinquency

Answer 3

7.identifies the tension between wanting a certain lifestyle or material goods but not being able to achieve that legally
8.grp w diff norms and values to rest of society
9.crimes commited by young people under 18 e.g violence or vandalism

Question 4

10.status frustration
11.focal concerns
12.techniques of neutralisation

Answer 4

10.seek status through petty crimes as they cant achieve their status through school
11.values from w/c e.g toughness and masculinity leading to crime
12.maltza= excuses that some crimnals make to deny resp for their crimes e.g no one was hurt

Question 5

13.control theory
14.white collar crime
15.corporate crime

Answer 5

13.hirschi describes the way that those with higher control of their life are less likely to commit crimes
14. middle class crime = use their position to commit crime for personal gain e.g stealing staionary
15.crimes by companies to increase their profit e.g not follwing health and saftey rules

Question 6

16. state crime
    17.green crime
    18.social exclusion
    19.hegemony

Answer 6

16. offences commited by gov e.g humans rights and genocides
17. crimes causing damage to the env to pursue profit
    18.people feel excluded from society not able to particpate in mainstream society
    19.dominance of ruling class which society accepts

Question 7

20.moral entreprenrus
21.master status
22.deviant career

Answer 7

20.person with the power to enforce rules or impose their deifntions of deviance
21.key sauce of someones identity
22.those publically labelled as deviant are pushed into more deviant acts

Question 8

23.primary deviance
24.secondary deviance

Answer 8

23.deviance not publically labelled
24.deviance which has been publically labelled

Question 9

25.moral panic
26.deviancy amplification

Answer 9

25.media exagerates something cause panic and law enforcement poses harsh punishments
26.further deviance occurs due to the exaggeration of the media e.g Mods and Rockers