keywords for social class and crime Flashcards
white collar crime
-crimes committed in workplace by the higher class for own personal gain e.g theft
corporate crime
-committed by businesses to boost their profits e.g tax evasion or not following health and saftey,env damage , embezzlement
occupational crime
-any crime committed at work
green crime
-cause harm to the env
-not following regualtions to make profits
crimes in suites
-another term for corporate crime
differential associaiton
-learning criminal attitudes and behaviours through those around them e.g coporations may develop criminal cultures
embezzlement
-theft or misappropriation of funds placed in ones trust belonging to ones employer
insider trading
-illegal practice of trading on stock exchange to ones own advantage through having access to confidential information
corporate manslaughter
-offence created to ensure comapnies are held accountable on serious failings reuslting in death
-offence of gross negigence manslaughter is abolished in so far as it relates to companies
dark figure crime
-crimes not included in OCS
hate crimes
-crimes motivated by prejudice e.g someones race or sexuality
chivalry thesis
-criminal justice system is more lenient towards women as they feel they need protection
sex role theory
-women less likely to commit crime as its incomapaitble with their natural expressive role
official crimes
-crimes reported to police and recorded by them
masculinity thesis
-men commit crime as its an assertion of their masculinity
