topic 1 — intro to crime and deviance Flashcards
define crime
breaking the law, criminal proceedings may follow like police caution, court proceedings, prison
define deviance
actions deviating from accepted norms and values
what is crime and deviance relative to?
time
place
person
examples of crime’s relativity to time
homosexuality illegal in UK until 1967
example of crime’s relativity to place
UK age of consent 16
Germany age of consent 14
killing a swan
example of crime’s relativity to person
drinking illegal for under 16s but not over
working class youth unable to negotiate justice — cicourel, interactionism
define social order
general order, conformity to shared norms and values
define social control
the process that maintains peoples’ conformity to rules, norms and values
agents include criminal justice system, government, police
define informal social control
media, family, peers. subtle, covert, may be unintentional
formal social control
deliberate, official, intentional social control by police, courts, army etc
variations between male and female homicide rates
males 64% likely to be a victim, females 36%
male victims of homicide more likely to be 16-24, females 25-34
variations between male and female domestic violence victimhood rates
female: 7.3%
male: 3.6%
women age 20-24 especially vulnerable
women with household income of less than 10,000: 22%
20,000: 11%
50,000: 4%
inter and intra racial victimisation
ppl of mixed ethnicity more likely to be victim
2020:
mixed 20%
Asian 15%
black 14%
white 13%
UK: black people 5x more likely to be murdered than white people
most violent crime is intra-racial
1/3 of gun murder victims AND suspects were black
ethnicity and social class intersectionality
25% of mixed ethnicities in long term unemployment had been victim of crime compared to 14% white, 13% Asian, 6% black
