crime and deviance bookelt 1

What is the difference between deviance and crime?

Crime is the breaking of the rules that have been made into laws, and deviance is the behaviour which most or all people disapprove of in society.

What are the theoretical perspectives on crime and deviance coming from a functionalist?

•Boundary maintenance

•social change

•social cohesion

•safety valve

What is boundary maintenance?

Where punishment of crime reminds people of what will happen if they cross the boundaries of acceptable behaviour .This prevents a greater number of people committing crime.

What is social cohesion?

A functionalists view .When particularly horrific crimes will bind society together through shared outrage.

What is a safety valve?

Functionalist view. Deviance can be a form of pressure relief (releasing stresses from society), so deviance allows people to express themselves in ways that aren’t criminal.

What is anomie?

The breakdown of norms governing accepted social behaviour.

What is anti social behaviour?

Behaviour that causes harassment, distress or alarm to other people.

What is corporate crime?

Crime committed by employees on behalf of the company or organisation they work for.

What does it mean by miscarriage of justice?

When a court fails to deliver justice ,for example finding an innocent person guilty of a crime.

What are white collar crimes?

Crimes committed by people in relatively high status positions.

What is youth crime?

Crime committed by young people.

What is selective law creation?

Marxist view.Laws are made by the bourgeoisie and reflect their interests alone. It is rare that laws will be made to harm the interests of the rich .Therefore the laws simply exist to control the working class.

What is selective law enforcement?

Even though the majority of laws are made to reflect the interests of the bourgeoisie ,many of these laws could provide benefits to all of society if they were fairly applied.

What do Marxists argue about selective law enforcement?

The working class are far more likely to be targeted by the criminal justice system.

What is a criticism of Marxism?

They see crime as being an inevitable product of society.(People are puppets driven to crime by the nature of capitalism)

What is a feminist view?

Society is patriarchal.

What is women and victimisation?

A feminist view.Focus on the fact that women are more likely then men to be victims of particular types of crime - domestic abuse ,sexual assault