Social Class And Crime

Question 1

What did the NACRO (2013) study show?

Answer 1

That most prisoners came from socially excluded backgrounds - they’re 13 times more likely to have been in care and 14 times more likely to have been unemployed that non offenders. More than half of all male prisoners and over two thirds of female prisoners had no qualifications.

Question 2

Which theory believes that the idea that the working class are more criminal is a social construction?

Answer 2

Marxism