Week 4 Flashcards

1
Q

Cunneen, White and Richards (2015), believe
1.
2.
3.
should be analysed to better comprehend youth crime

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  1. structural
  2. situational and
  3. personal factors
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2
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property offences committed by working class youth may be due to?

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  1. limited availability of adequate means

2. denial of opportunity to take part in socially acceptable activities

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3
Q

Australias economic structure is divided into 3 classes according to socio-economic status-

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  • capitalists (bourgeoisie)
  • small business and professional class (petit-bourgeoise)
  • working class (proletariat)
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4
Q

Youth unemployment and poverty are at risk of-

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  • suicide
  • poor health
  • erratic/irregular employment patterns
  • pathological youth lifestyles
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5
Q

criminals and those sent to prison are generally from _____ _______ ______

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lower socio economic classes

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6
Q

working class appear to:

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  • commit more crime and anti-social acts
  • be victimised more often
  • have higher levels of fear of crime
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7
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long term unemployment results in

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  • illegal means to acquire money becoming more attractive

- becoming more willing to engage in crime

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8
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what are the 3 possible factors embedded within the relationship between socio-economic status and crime

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  • structural
  • situational and person
  • social disorganisation
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9
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According to _____, _____ and _______, “the generating force for much of … [working class] crime is subsistence or the impulse to supplement ones income relative to subsistence levels (2015, p.121)

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Cunneen, White and Richards

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10
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What role does the media play on youth crime

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  • demonises these struggling working class youth (folk devils)
  • moral panics
  • deviancy amplification (positive feedback loop)
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11
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economic justice

social policy must be balanced against market forces by formulating appropriate policies in:

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  • Fiscal matters
  • Monetary issues
  • Labour market concerns
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12
Q

what are the factors of a relationship between being unemployed and taking part in criminal activities?
(push factors)

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  • lack of paid work
  • inadequate income levels
  • poor neighbourhood amenities and dysfunctional communities
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13
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The National Youth Participation Requirement has made it mandatory for all young people to participate in schooling until they complete Year __ and to participate until the age of __ years in full-time education, training, employment, or a combination of these activities.

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10

17

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14
Q

Low levels of social control- _______ and _____ argued that ‘the more that an area is at a disadvantaged economically pulls together as a community, the greater its capacity to combat crime” (1997)

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Hirschfield and Bowers

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15
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In an important New Zealand study, McLaren noted that:

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“There are quite a few differences between the families of offenders and non-offenders

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16
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it is arguable that there are some grounds for suspecting that intervening with families to improve;
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may have an impact on reoffending
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  • positive communication
  • positive parenting
  • parenting supervision
17
Q

Borduin and Henggeler found the 2 modelling studies showed family factors predicted delinquency

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  • conventional bonding to family

- parental monitoring of children’s activities and who they mix with