AC 1.2

• Police more likely to regard working class with suspicion resulting in more arrests for this group
• Typifications of criminality

  • Chambliss
  • Cicourel
  • Piliavin and Briar
• Children below a certain age are unlikely to understand the full meaning of the act they have committed
• Age of Criminal Responsibility is below which a child is deemed not to have the capacity to commit a crime