Sociology Interactionism

Question 1

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P - Crime is based of Subjective decisions
E - CSEW 2011 - “ poorer housholds are more likely to be burgled”
E - Interactionist - Becker - Social control
Marxist - Gordon - Capitalism is Criminogenic
L - Interactionism offers better explanation than Marxism

Question 2

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P - You can be defined as criminal
E - Blomberg - “29% of news stories referenced benefit fraud”
E - Interactionist - Becker - 1963 Marijuana study
Realist - Lea and Young - triangle of crime
L - Interactionism offers better explanation than Realism

Question 3

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P - Crime is linked to Capitalism
E - national audit database - “tax avoidance costs £34 billion per year”
E - Interactionist - Matza - Greed causes crime
New Right - Murray - Underclass
L - Interactionism offers better explanation than New Right

Question 4

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P - Labelling has an impact
E - MOJ 2017 - “74% of prosecutions were male , 26% were female”
E - Interactionist - Lamert - primary and secondary
Feminist - Radford - Personal element to crime, doubly deviant
L - Interactionism offers better explanation than Feminism

Question 5

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Answer 5

P - Social Labels affect crime
E - Farell - “middle classes are more likely to admit to tax fraud”
E - Interactionist - Goffman - labelling theory
Postmodernist - Harvey - evidence of social problems
L - Interactionism offers better explanation than Postmodernism