Crime & Deviance

• ‘Deviant’ acts vary according to what?

  Time, culture, context + age
• 2 acts considered deviant according to TIME:

  Homosexuality + DV
• 2 acts considered deviant according to CULTURE:

  W exposing skin in Islamic societies + eating w/ L hand in Arab countries
• 2 acts considered deviant according to CONTEXT:

  Wearing a bikini in town + drinking @ 8am
• 2 acts considered deviant according to AGE:

  Age restricted products + underage sex
• What do trad. Marxists say about crime?

  Fictional creation by the police/gov. to demonise marginalised groups + spread fear
• According to trad. Marxists, what type of crime is barely policed?

  Yt-collar crime
• What do Fems say ab. crime?

  Crimes against W are DOWNPLAYED + victim-blaming is common
• What do Functionalists say about crime?

  They reflect n+v‘s of society bc we consensually agree on what is seen as criminal/deviant
• What does Becker argue ab. ‘outsiders’?


  They get deviant labels which they internalise over time > eventually becomes part of their identity