Terms

• Dark Figure of Crime - The number of crimes that go unreported
• Moral Panic - A sudden, intense, and widespread public concern about a particular issue or group of people.
• Formal Social Control - Control based on written rules & laws
• Informal Social Control - The informal social control is the control that is exercised by the family, friends, neighbours and other people in the community.
• Control Theory - The idea that socialisation builds self-control
• Chivalry Thesis - Idea that the criminal justice system is more easy on women
• Pink Collar Crime - types of crimes that typically were committed by females