Social Key Question Flashcards
1
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My Key Question is…
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- Why gang violence is an issue and relevant to today’s society?
2
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Why is gang violence an issue for society
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- Violent gangs are no ‘embedded’ in our culture
- Experts have warned after 6 people were stabbed to death in the capital in 7 days
- Knife crime has increased by 14% on year in 2016 and these levels have not been since since 2011
- Homicide rates have also increased by 50% from 2014 to 2019
- Gang related crime lead to high cost in policing, which leads to other sectors such has education to have low funding
- Gang related crime lead to loss of life which can be stressful for victims’ family
- Gang related crime lead to high rates of people going to hospital for stabs wounds, overwhelming the NHS
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How can Social Identity Theory explain gang violence?
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- The individuals might have undergone social categorisation based on where they live and the postcode of that area they represent has a gang
- The different gangs have hold different values and beliefs such as one gang may been a motorcycle gang while the other is a street violent gang and these opposing values lead to violence
- One gang may view themselves as the more superior gang as they may of sold more drugs or stabbed more people compared to the other gang, positive distinctiveness, due to this the gang may treat the outgroup as negative or unfavourable terms
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How can Realistic Conflict Theory explain gang violence?
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- The two gangs might be in competition over who has the best reputation in the neighbourhood and this competition leads to violence
- The two gangs may be competing over the same area however only one gang can run the area at one time, so there is conflict of interest as one gang can run and who is in charge of and this leads to increase prejudice between the two groups
- The two gangs may be competition for certain limited resources such as drugs and customers to buy the drugs as drugs is a limited resource
