Social Class Inequality (crime) Working Disadvantage

Question 1

Walmsley

Answer 1

41% of prisoners are from the lowest social classes. But only 19% of the overall population.

Question 2

Harding

Answer 2

Working class youths in London face deprivation and turn to crime for income – Harding calls this a ‘Street Casino’ as they turn to crime and gamble with their lives – street capital is gained through committing deviance/criminal activities.

Question 3

Jacobson et al

Answer 3

Found that children and young people in custody - three quarters have absent fathers, half had to live in a deprived household, half had run away, from care – “Complex backgrounds”.

Question 4

Who

Answer 4

Walmsley, Harding, Jacobson et al , youth lifestyles survey

Question 5

Youth lifestyles survey

Answer 5

Found that the lowest social classes are more likely to be prisoners or serious offenders.