PAPER 3 INTERACTIONISM AND CRIME Flashcards
how do internationalists see social control?
See it as moral entrepreneurs deciding what is wrong and cracking down on this but then often creating further crime as a result.
What do they think of statistics?
That they are a social construction
What do they say about what is seen as criminal and deviant?
Say it changes over time so no fixed definition (Prior to 1967 homosexuality was a crime)
What do they say about crime and deviance in different countries?
They say it differs.
Like some places giving the death penalty for homosexuality others legalising it
How many crime vary by context?
Things like war, self defence etc.
What does Becker say about what we count as crime and deviance is based on?
Decisions made by the moral entrepreneurs
What does Lemert look at?
The consequences of labelling
What does Lemert say about primary deviance?
Says it had few consequences for the individual concerned
What does Lemert say about secondary deviance?
He says it leads to the person being labelled and shunned by society so they gain a master status they then accept the label and develop a self fulfilling property and reoffend and start a decent career
What is a criticism of Lemert’s theory of secondary deviance?
It’s deterministic
What does Cicourel argue?
That it is the meanings held by police officers and juvenile officers that explain why most delinquents come from working class backgrounds as seen with working class ethnic minorities being more likely to be stopped and searched
According to Cicourel what is a typification and what does this mean to police?
A view the police have on a typical offender
And means they are more likely to see the middle class deviance as a temporary lapse of judgement
What does Cicourel say about middle class parents?
They are more likely to get their child off and negotiate with police as seen with Brook Turner
What does Cohen look at?
How mild violence of mods and rockers was sensationalised and exaggerated by the media in the 1960s
In Cohens study what did the mods and rockers become and what effect did this have?
Folk devils
Effect of generating concern among the general public and the police then response to this increased public fear and perceived threat to social order by policing heavier
