SOCIAL CLASS OFFENDING IN CD Flashcards
Social class offending
Sutherland
Criminal statics show how they over present the lower social economic and then underresprent the high socio economic class
Who’s says that Criminal statics show how they over present the lower social economic and then underresprent the high socio economic class
Sutherland
What did 2002 social exclusion unit report
Many prisoners have history of social exclusion so more likely to have grown up in care poverty and had family member convicted of crime
Rate of unemployment and general population
Rate of unemployment 5% in general population but research shows that 67% of prison population had been unemployed before prison and 32% homes less
What did William et al find
Other factors also found more frequently in prison
1. Runs way from from
2. Experience violence/ drug
3. Regular school taunting
3. No qualifications
Who found other factors that are also present in prisoners
William et al
What did cavadino and dignan find
Somehow between the commision of offences and the official response of prosecution and punishment the differences between the classes gets vastly magnified due to class bias
Who found class bias when it came to crime
Cavadino and dignan
Who are the sociologists who look at social class offending
Sutherland - socio economic class
Williams et al - factors of people in prison
Cavadino + dignan - class bias
Social exclusion 2002- history of social exclusion