Unit 6 Flashcards
define crime
breaking the law
define deviance
violating norms
define moral panic
exaggerated reaction
define relative deprivation
less in comparison
types of social control/conformity
formal (policy - penil syste/prison)
informal (ridicule)
Parts of official crime %
dark figure (rape unreported)
surveillance
self report
corporate C.
types of crime
middle
international
working
Why do genders do crime
Female:
Rape and evade prositution presecution
Male:
assert masculinity
support family
Sociologists
Stuart hall - moral panic leads to more arrests
robert k merton (functionalist) - obtaining goods
albert cohan (functionalist) - out of frustratio
define anomie
shared value (system broken - durkheim)
define cyber crime
illegal activity online such as selling drugs
community service
less jail time for helping the community
define ostracism
exclusion from a society or group
define judicial system
court appeal
define incapacitation
jail
Propoerties of crime
Poor poverty = deviant behaviour
cohab increase, marriage decrease
Marxist views on crime
reflects ruling class interests such as capitalism
working class SCAPEGOATED
define deviant career path
deviance leads to more deviance
sociologist howard becker
Deviancy is not a quality of the act a person commits, but rather a consequence of the application by others of rules and sanctions to an ‘offender’
inadequate socialization
not enough socializing during young years
