Social Class

Question 1

Sutherland 1949 - social class of offenders

Answer 1

1) social characteristics of offenders point to chaotic backgrounds associated with poverty and deprivation
2) family norm to commit crime
3) any attention is good attention

Question 2

Who supports Sunderland’s point of ‘ any attention is good attention’

Answer 2

Social exclusion unit

Question 3

What does the social exclusion unit report

Answer 3

Many offenders have a history of social exclusion, grown up in care, poverty and have a convicted family member

Question 4

Williams et al 2012 - social class

Answer 4

1) inmates have significantly lower literacy and numeracy skills than rest of the general population

2) social class of offenders more relevant to who gets caught not who commits the crime

Question 5

Cavadino and Digan 2001 - social class

Answer 5

1) media representation of prosecution and punishment of lower classes
2) ‘ the difference between classes gets greatly magnified’