A revision summary of key issues relating to the value of official statistics to sociologists.

Introduction: Official Crime Statistics (OCR) revealed how recorded crime appears to be a masculine activity (87% of all recorded crime) Victorians explained women’s conformity with biological theory, sociologists favour socialisation, social control and postmodern concept of ‘transgression’. Crime, delinquency and deviance viewed as a (working-class) male thing, that usually ends as they ‘settled down’. However, the growth of laddette behaviour is challenging the implied links between deviance and masculinity.

Following this Slide Show you should: Be able to define deviance and crime. Be aware that both deviance and crime are social constructions. Be aware that deviance and crime can vary between cultures. Be aware that deviance and crime can vary across time. Be aware of Howard Becker's view that no action in itself is deviant until defined as such. Be aware that deviant and criminal behaviour are controlled by rules, social mores and sanctions.

Following this Slide Show you should: Be aware of the influence of Emile Durkheim and his concept of anomie in explaining crime. Be familiar with Robert Merton’s development of anomie in his ‘anomic paradigm’. Recognise the link of Hirschi’s bonds of attachment with anomie theory. Be aware of the link between family and crime and how it might fit in with anomie. Be critically aware of the strengths and weaknesses of anomie theory as an explanation of crime.

Objectives: That the Right Realism developed out of a failure of sociology to explain and solve the problem of crime. That Right Realism sees crime as stemming from the greedy nature of people, poor socialisation and too easy opportunities. That Wilson 's 'broken window thesis&' argues that minor incivilities, if unchecked, quickly lead to more serious crime. That Lea and Young developed Left Realism as a response to Right Realism and the neo-Marxist ideas of Radical Criminology.

Following this slide show the student should be aware: That crime statistics are a social construction. That the official crime rate rose steadily for the past 100 years and peaked in mid-1990s. That the official rate significantly underestimates the real rate of crime. That victim and self-report studies show that there is significant under-reporting and under-recording of crime. A fear of crime is disproportionate to the likelihood of being a victim of crime.

A classroom activity targeting both AO1 and AO2

A fun revision poem on Subcultural theories of crime and deviance.

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