Social class and crime

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What did Miller say about working class values

opposition to mainstream values was more widespread in the working class as their values are incompatible with middle class education values

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What did a YouGov poll find out about benefit fraud?

A 2013 YouGov poll found that public opinion expected that benefit fraud was evident in 27% of cases, the actual figure is around 0.7%

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What did Houchin say about where you live and crime?

strong relationship between imprisonment and living in the most deprived area of Scotland. In Glasgow, 60% of prisoners came from the most deprived council estates

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What does Miller say?

lower classes in America created a culture centred around several focal concerns e.g. 'toughness', 'smartness', 'excitement'. this began as a response to the boredom of their employment

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Evaluation for Miller

Dated. Hall et al - traditional WC culture has been replaced by consumerism, WC involvement in crime is caused by a desire for material gain.

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