GCSE Sociology Revision: Crime & Deviance - Key Terms, Control Agents, Stats, Explanations, Slides of Sociology

Download GCSE Sociology Revision: Crime & Deviance - Key Terms, Control Agents, Stats, Explanations and more Slides Sociology in PDF only on Docsity! GCSE SOCIOLOGY - UNIT 2 REVISION CRIME AND DEVIANCE KEY TERM DEFINITION EXAMPLE Crime Deviance CONTROLLING CRIME AND DEVIANCE FORMAL AGENTS OF SOCIAL CONTROL ARE: INFORMAL AGENTS OF SOCIAL CONTROL ARE: 1. 1. 2. 2. 3. 3. 4. 4. Family Courts Peer Groups Police Religion Prisons Mass Media Law Makers (Parliament) EXAMPLES OF FORMAL PUNISHMENT ARE: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. EXAMPLES OF INFORMAL SANCTIONS ARE: 1. 2. 3. 4. CRIME STATISTICS OFFICIAL STATISTICS are… _____________________________________________________________ They are published by… ____________________________________________________________ STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES 1. 1. 2. 2. 3. 3. 4. 4. 5. 5. VICTIM SURVEYS are… ________________________________________________________________ The British crime survey is… _________________________________________________________ It measures… _____________________________________________________________________ STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES 1. 1. 2. 2. 3. 3. 4. SELF-REPORT SURVEYS/STUDIES ask individuals… ____________________________________________ STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES 1. 1. 2. 3. Use the answers from the next page to fill in the boxes. Deviancy Amplification Write the stages of ‘deviancy amplification’ in the correct order: The amplification of deviance process: Police respond to public anxiety by putting more police in the area concerned. Actual event reported by media. Report raises concerns among population, who demand something is done about it. Media reports of incidences increase. More people are caught doing illegal acts. The Social Distribution of Crime and Deviance (Who Commits Crime) Gender and Crime Official statistics suggest that females commit fewer / more crimes than males. Explanations for the Differences in the Official Statistics between Male and Female Rate of Crime EXPLANATION BRIEF DESCRIPTION Different Socialisation. Opportunity to Commit Crime. Social Control. Labelling. Chivalry Thesis. Double Standards. Crime and Location Official statistics suggest that crime rates are lower / higher in urban areas. EXPLAINED BRIEF DESCRIPTION Economic Deprivation / Relative Poverty Opportunities to Commit Crime Level of Social Control Policing Methods Crime and Social Class Studies show that more / less working class than, middle and upper class people are convicted of crime. EXPLANATIONS BRIEF DESCRIPTIONS Socialisation. Anomie. Education. Economic deprivation / relative poverty. White-Collar Crime White-collar crime is __________________________________________________________ TYPES OF WHITE-COLLAR CRIME BRIEF DESCRIPTION Occupational Crime. Corporate Crime. Computer Crime. Professional Crime. White-collar crime tends to be treated differently to other types of crime i.e.:  __________ have similar social backgrounds to may white-collar criminals.  Compared to a burglar, mugger, etc., white-collar criminals are not considered to be a __________ to the public.  The victims of white-collar crime are not ______________ as the victims of many other crimes.  The _________ tends not to portray white-collar crime as serious. danger media judges harmed as seriously