Sociology- crime and deviance

Question 1

What is the difference between crime and deviance

Answer 1

A crime is an illegal action against the law while deviance is the behaviour which is disapproved by people in society.

Question 2

What is social order

Answer 2

this is general conformity to the shared norms and values so that society is peaceful

Question 3

what is formal control

Answer 3

control carried out by the armed forces and the CJS.

Question 4

What is informal social control

Answer 4

carried out by agencies like the school and the family and the peer group.

Question 5

What are the positives of police recorded crime

Answer 5

they are to update and they are standardised
they are easy to access and have already been complied
they cover the whole population and go back many years

Question 6

what are the negatives of police recorded crime

Answer 6

they do not included or unreported crime
they do not include crime which is known as the dark figure of crime
they do not provide a clear picture of the crime

Question 7

what is the new right approach to understanding recorded crime

Answer 7

the believe that the laws are made for society and applied equally. They also state that crimes happens mainly to the underclass

Question 8

What is the feminist approach to police recorded crime

Answer 8

they say that women commit less crime than men

Question 9

What is the marxist approach recorded crime

Answer 9

they say police statistics are used to scare and justify more policing. They see police recorded crime as a tool to justify their control and oppression

Question 10

What is sutherlands point of view on social class linking to crime

Answer 10

He pointed out that crimes happen higher in lower socio-economic classes than upper socio-economic classes

Question 11

What is the functionalist approach to police recorded crime

Answer 11

They believe in the existence of social facts and measuring social behaviour scientifically.
They would trust quantitative data

Question 12

What is victimisation

Answer 12

This refers to treating people unfairly because they have done a protected act

Question 13

What is youngs (1988) point of view on victimisation

Answer 13

He discussed the myth of equal victim which suggests poor people are hit much harder when they are victims of crime

Question 14

What do feminists consider when talking about victimisation

Answer 14

They consider domestic violence and female victimisation that underestimate the problem

Question 15

What is youngs point of view when talking victimisation and crime

Answer 15

He states that the same crime does not have the same meaning of the punch

Question 16

What is worklates (2006) point of view on victimisation

Answer 16

The researcher considered women stay in abusive relationships. She found that women are unable to leave and nowhere to go due to not having economic independence

Question 17

What did the ministry of data say about black people

Answer 17

They stated that black people were stopped and searched 7 times more than white people in 2009/2010

Question 18

True or false, males account for 4/10 homicide victims

Answer 18

False, males account for 7/10 homicide victims

Question 19

What did soothill et al (2004) say the peak age for burglary is?

Answer 19

16

Question 20

What is green crime

Answer 20

This is criminal activity which affects the environment like dumping of toxic waste and trafficking of endagered species.

Question 21

What is primary green crime

Answer 21

Crimes which inflict direct harm on the environment like deforastation

Question 22

What is secondary green crime

Answer 22

Crimes which arise from the exploitation of conditions that follow environmental damage

Question 23

What is glocalisation

Answer 23

the intertwining of global and local networks

Question 24

Which theorist talks about glocalisation

Answer 24

Robertson 1995

Question 25

What did Franko Aas 2007- say about global organised crime

Answer 25

he stated that the cross border activities of organised crime groups arguably exploiting to their advantage increasing global interconnectedness