social class and crime patterns and trends

Question 1

how is data collected

Answer 1

-looking at diff postcodes
-suggesting that working class may be more likely to commit crime than middle class
-middle class more likely to commit fraud and tax evasion

Question 2

what does sutherland (1949) say

Answer 2

-social characteristics are associated to frequent offenders
- e.g disorganised and chaotic social backgrounds associated w poverty and deprivation

Question 3

what did the social exclusion unit note

Answer 3

• many prisoners have a history of social exclusion
  -more likely to hv been in care
  -67% of prison population had been unemployed prior to imprisonment
  -32% had been homeless

Question 4

what did williams et al (2012) say

Answer 4

-other factors also effected those in prisons
-e.g having run away from home, violence and drugs , no qualifications
-literacy and numeracy levels also low

Question 5

crimes associated with low social class

Answer 5

• robbery
• shoplifting
  -possession of illegal substances

Question 6

crimes associated w higher social class

Answer 6

-fraud
-embezzlement
-health and safety violations