Explanations of class differences in crime
- Created by: Azia Singh
- Created on: 12-10-16 13:15
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- Explanations of class differences in crime
- Functionalism
- The law is a reflection of society's values
- Crime and deviance are the result of inadequate socialisation
- Modern societies with a complex division of labour have a diversity of values
- Strain theory
- People commit crime because they lack legitimate means to achieve the socially encouraged goals
- Subcultural theories
- The working class suffer from blocked opportunities to achieve success and so form delinquent subcultures
- Labelling theories
- Reject official statistics
- Focus on how and why people are labelled as criminals
- Functionalism
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