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Sociological factors on crime - Coggle Diagram
Sociological factors on crime
Economic factors and poverty
Poverty creates conditions that make it more likly for someone to commit a crime
Scottish Index of multiple deprivation (SIMD)
Urban areas tend to have higher crime rates
Strain Theory
Poverty does not directly cause criminality
It is poverty's consequences that can lead a person down a criminal path
People engage in criminal activities as a means to escape the strain of bad experiences
Youth crime
an increase in youth crime through gang violence
No easy answer to why, but a number of risk factors making it more likely to commit a crime
Being male: 87% of crime is commited by males
Having family members imprisoned
Family breakdown
Neglect or abuse
peer pressure
witnessing domestic violence
2010 was the first year where more children where referred to a children hearing because of lack of parenting than for committing offenses
Alcohol and drug abuse among parents was identified as a main reason for this
41% of crimes where committed by young people
young people are responsible for higher proportions of offenses
fire raising 86%, Vandalism 75%, Theft of motor vehicles 75%, handling offensive weapons 59%, and housebreaking 55%
Gangs
3500 young people part of gangs
Why to people join gangs?
A sense of family
Need for food or money
Desire for protection
Peer pressure
family history or tradition
Excitement
To appear cool
Education
Children from areas of deprivation will generally perform less well in school
are also more likely to have addiontional suport needs
to leave school with no education, employment or training
for students from deprived backgrounds the average score is much lower