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4 + 6 MARKERS CRIME AND DEVIANCE - Coggle Diagram
4 + 6 MARKERS CRIME AND DEVIANCE
Outline two ways that the nature of capitalism may cause people to commit crime
Experiences of poverty or homelessness - crime can be seen as an inevitable response to income inequality
Status frustration and feelings of alienation/powerlessness may result in deviant subcultures because they relieve these feelings through violence/drug dealing
Outline three reasons for gender differences in levels of recorded crime
Women have fewer opportunities to commit crime due to the patriarchal control at home and in the workplace
Males are more likely to commit more crime because they are socialised to be tough, risk taking and aggressive
Biological differences may result in men engaging in higher levels of violent crime because they have higher levels of testosterone which are linked to aggression
Outline two ways in which media representations of crime may not reflect reality
Under reporting of sexual crimes - women might be scared/embarrassed to report domestic abuse or sexual crimes they face
Outline three functions of the criminal justice system
To deter potential offenders from committing crime e.g. punishments such as a prison sentence can prevent criminals from reoffending
To provide jobs - the criminal justice system provides roles such as police, lawyers and social workers
To rehabilitate - e.g. prisons can provide education and training programmes to help reform criminals
Outline two reasons why deviant subcultures exist
Labelling - once labelled as deviant, individuals are treated as outsiders and forced into the company of others similarly labelled
Blocked opportunities to achieve mainstream goals - joining a criminal subculture provides a means of achieving wealth when legitimate routes are blocked
Outline three reasons why victims may not report crimes
Unaware they have been victimised - e.g. the victim may believe a missing object was lost rather than it having been stolen
Lack of confidence in the police - the victim may regard the police as not likely to take their problem seriously
Uninsured - e.g. if a victim is uninsured against theft, they may see no point in reporting it because they will not be compensated for their loss
Outline two ways in which gender may influence the risk of being a victim of crime
Females are more likely to be trafficked across boarders where they are then forced to become sex workers
Females are often at risk of domestic violence because they are financially reliant on their partner
Outline three criticisms of the labelling theory of crime and deviance
Deterministic - wrongly assumes that labelling automatically leads to a deviant career
It fails to explain primary deviance - why people offend in the first time which occurs before they have been labelled
Outline two problems with measuring green crime
Green crimes are victimless - the environment cannot report criminal activity
Green crimes are difficult to detect - crimes that are not detected will therefore not appear in official statistics
Outline three different ways in which crime prevention strategies may reduce crime
Increased surveillance - deters people from committing crime because they are more likely going to be caught
Punishment - prevents individuals from committing crime because prisons take individuals off the streets so they can't commit further crime
Reduction of unemployment - reduces crimes because individuals feelings about relative deprivation are reduced