Structural Explanations - Age Profiles

Question 1

What age group commits the most crimes according to crime statistics?

Answer 1

16-24 year olds

Question 2

Which ethnicities have a higher-than-average young age profile? (3 different ones) why?

Answer 2

• Indian, Bangladeshi, and Pakistani
• more children due to strong cultural values associated with family life

Question 3

Evaluation for this argument in relation to British-Asian’s

Answer 3

• if age was the most significant factor, we would expect the highest crime rates among British-Asians

Question 4

Eval for age regarding Black-Caribbean people

Answer 4

• above average proportion of lone-parent families = smaller family sizes means we would expect a lower than average representation of young, black men but we don’t