social class and crime

Question 1

What does Newburn state

Answer 1

-The sociology of C&D focuses on the crims of the powerless, rather than those with power as stats show the WC are the main offenders

Question 2

how does Sutherland counter act this

Answer 2

crime is not just a WC phenomenon , crime occurs across all social classes
e.g. white collar crimes are often unreported/ undetected which affects crime stats

Question 3

define corporate crime

Answer 3

crime committed by large companies or individuals acting on behalf of the company, which directly benefits the company.

Question 4

Who is more likely to commit white collar crime

Answer 4

MC individuals who abuse their work positions for personal gain
e.g. Bribary embezzlement, fraud
Croall:
NHS doctors fake prescriptions to gain millions from the gov

Question 5

Give one type of corporate crime and explain

Answer 5

• green crime = damage to env caused either deliberately or by negliance e.g. pollution of land, water supplies, emissions and more

Question 6

give another type of corporate crime

Answer 6

• Involves incorrect labelling, false advertisement and producing unsafe goods
  e. g. Thalidomide disaster (60s/70s) = inadequate testing & government regulations led to birth defects in 1000s of babies

Question 7

Who talks about crime being hidden and hard to detect

Answer 7

Clarke and Connell:
These offences are highly invisible as they’re done in the workplaces and offenders appear to be doing their jobs = not raising suspicions

Question 8

What does the strain theory and relative deprivation have to say about CC

Answer 8

-MC can be relatively deprived as they want more than what they can achieve = innovate and turn to crime = fuelled by greed and power

Question 9

What does the control theory say about CC (give sociologist)

Answer 9

people are socialised into self seeking, aggressive cultures = encourages ruthless business practices
Nelken:
People go broke trying to maintain the rich lifestyle so they will innovate by using illegitimate means to resolve financial difficulties

Question 10

Give a Marxist explanation for CC

Answer 10

Box, Slapper and Tombs:
corp crime is driven by criminogenic capitalism = in order to maintain profits they will turn to illegitimate means e.g. industrial espionage and price fixing

Question 11

Labelling theory on corp crime + sociologists

Answer 11

Nelken:
offences are likely to escape labelling as ‘criminal’ because they are similar to normal business practices
Croall:
corp crime is often not accompanied by a direct intent to cause harm