What are crime, deviance and social control?
6.1What the syllabus asks of you
- The difference between crime and deviance: Definitions of crime and deviance
- The difference between crime and deviance: The relativity of crime and deviance: crime and deviance vary within and between societies, cultures, situations and across time
- Formal social control: Formal agencies of social control: the police; courts; armed forces; government; penal system
- Formal social control: How formal agencies control individuals and prevent crime and deviance
- Informal social control: Informal agencies of social control: family; education; workplace; peer group; traditional and digital media; religion
- Informal social control: How informal agencies control individuals and prevent crime and deviance
- The effectiveness of agencies and methods of social control in achieving conformity and preventing crime and deviance
- Different types and examples of crimes: Violent crime
- Different types and examples of crimes: Property crime
- Different types and examples of crimes: White-collar/corporate crime
- Different types and examples of crimes: Expressive crime
- Different types and examples of crimes: Instrumental crime
- Different types and examples of crimes: Gang crime
- Different types and examples of crimes: Green crime
- Different types and examples of crimes: Global crime, e.g. organised crime
- Different types and examples of crimes: Cyber crime
- Different types and examples of crimes: Hate crime
- Different types and examples of crimes: Domestic crime
- Measuring crime: Measurements of crime: official statistics; self-report studies; victim surveys (local and national)
- Measuring crime: Strengths and limitations of each measurement of crime
- Measuring crime: The problem of unreported and unrecorded crime
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