10 marker plans

• 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 that drive people to crime
• 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 occurence
  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 globalisation may influence crime in the UK?

  • New technology - 24 hour / digital / offshore banking makes money laundering easier
  • harder to track
  • 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
  • Biggest markets in the developed world eg UK
  • 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 and practical considerations
  • Protection from harm to participants
  • Participants should be protected / nobody harmed
  • eg consideration of wording of questions to not cause harm or offence