Social Class And Crime Flashcards
What did Rosenbaum (2006) define problem communities as?
Communities that display poverty , poor housing , low income , active drug problems and limited community control
What did Webster and Kingston (2014) find about conviction rate and its relationship with Class?
They found that working-class conviction rate is much higher than middle-class
What did Webster and Kingston (2014) find about offending rates and its relationship with class?
They found that there is minimal relationship between offending rate and class
How did Webster and Kingston (2014) use to gather their findings?
They did a meta-analysis of self report studies from the 1990s until the 2000s
What did Webster and Kingston (2014) find out about inequality?
They found that inequality in society is linked to crime
What did Pat Carlen find in her study - Women , Crime And Poverty (1988) about poverty and women in prision?
She found that poverty was a common experience for imprisoned women
What supports the idea that the working class are more likely to be victims?
CSEW, 2010-2011- found that poor and unemployed people are twice as likely to be victims of crime
Whats Broken window theory?
The idea that if an area looks dodgy it attracts more crime
What type of crime is the most common from the middle-class?
White-collar crime
What are some types of middle-class crime?
White-collar crime
Corporate crime
Occupational crime
What are Millers 6 areas of Focal Concern in working-class people?
Excitement , toughness , smartness , trouble , autonomy and fate
What is Mertons (1938) Strain theory?
That society encourages us with its value consensus to achieve cultural goals
What is caused if we do not achieve our cultural goals
Anomie
What are the 5 institutionalised means (Strain Theory)
Conformity, innovation, ritualism, retreativism and rebellion
What did Becker say about labelling?
He that working-class can internalise labels and act out on said labels
