Crime control

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foucault

demonstrates power through panopticon - prison design where all prison cells are visible to the guards from central watch tower, leads to self-surveilance.

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Liquid surveilance

people are tracked more due to more technology and data accumulates.

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Synoptic surveillance

everyone is watching everyone through social media and media meaning greater self surveillance. Also allowed society to control controllers e.g police doing wrong

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crime prevention

‘broken windows’ policy - wilson and kelling - visible indicators of disorder e.g vandalism invites more criminal activity.

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Situational crime prevention

Clarke - prevent crime in locations rather than catch offenders

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Hirschi

control theory - individuals choose conformity of crime when they have strong social bonds, so focus on tighter family control and socialisation.

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Kelling

prevent deteriations of social spaces + police have zero tolerance anti-social behaviour.

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Patterns of victimisation

-babies most likely to be murdered

-teens most likely to be assaulted sexually + violently +stolen from

-elderly victims of abuse

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Victimisation : ethnicity

home office estimates 106,00 hate crimes per year, 300 per day

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Victimisation sexuality

2018/19 8.1% of all hate crimes were linked to sexual orientation and 0.3% linked to transgenderism

-perpetrators were heterosexual males

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Reasons for punishment

1)detterence

2)rehabilitation - reform prisoners

3)incapacitation- removes ability to offend again

4)retribution

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functionalism + punishment

its necessary to maintain value consensus. criminals have broken society norms and vlaues so punishment shows right from wrong.

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marxism + punishment

maintains capatalism. By creating laws which protect RC (wc criminals). punishment makes rest of society feel safe + gives a scapegoat for societies problems.

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why prisons dont work

Hirschi - people dont commit crime due to family bonds, communites + friends. By locking them away they will loose these bonds .

-ex con is powerful master status

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