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• Two ways capitalism may cause people to commit crime?

  1. Capitalist culture is increasingly individualistic - some may turn to crime to gain individualistic goals such as personal wealth (dog eats dog society)
  2. Feelings of relative deprivation - media has encouraged consumerism by showing desirable lifestyles which drives people to crim
• Two ways media gives a distorted view of crime?

  1. overrepresentation of violent crime - far greater reports on crime reference this despite it being a rare occurrence
  2. romanticising the criminal - criminals are made out to be very daring/clever
• Outline two advantages of using official statistics in sociological research?

  1. easy to access as they are freely available - low cost
  2. high in reliability as statistics are collected and compiled in standardised ways
• Analyse two ways that globalisation may influence crime in the UK?

  • due to new technologies, 24 hour/digital/offshore banking has made it easier for gangs to launder cash
  • harder for UK police to track down the money
  • Castell - money laundering is the 'matrix of global crime'
  • criminals must launder to avoid activities drawing attention
  • easier transport increasing drug trade
  • drugs are produced in developing countries
  • demand and biggest markets are in the developed world, countries such as the UK where crime is rooted in a local content
  • Hobbs and Dunningham - glocal crime
• Outline 2 ethical issues sociologists using primary quantitative methods should consider?

  • informed consent
  • must say nature/purpose/risks of research
  • extent relies on theoretical/practical considerations
  • protection from harm to participants
  • participants should be protected/nobody harmed
  • eg. consideration of wording of questions to not cause harm/offence