Term 1 Lecture 1- Introduction

Question 1

Readings?

Answer 1

Christie, Becker, Masson, Carrabine (Chapter 1)

Question 2

What are the key concepts from Christie?

Answer 2

Laws are open to a variety of interpretations
Age corresponds to what can be considered crime
Crime is a product of cultural social and mental processes

Question 3

What are the key concepts from Masson?

Answer 3

Carlen- Women are ‘doubly deviant’ for subversion of the law and breaking of gender roles.
Sykes’ deprivation model
Women suffer more than men
Courts should be more sensitive to differences in gender
Close friendship occur to reduce feelings of intimacy with children
Women are primary caregivers cause differences in experience

Question 4

What are the key concepts from Newburn Chapter 1

Answer 4

Laws are relative and historically shaped

Question 5

What are the key concepts from Becker?

Answer 5

Disregarding of rules causes the label of outsider
Rules are an informal agreement
Rule-breaking –> deviance
Rule following–> stability to society
Rules apply differently to everyone but it is dependent on race, age and social class
Deviant behaviour from psychological theories
There is an isolation from the deviant