age and crime

• young actually commit more

  Sampson and Laub - haven't formed permanent bonds, likely to deviate from societies norms
• young actually commit more

  2002 - males offended most ages 19 and female at 15 in england and wales
• young actually commit more

  official stats - 481000 people sent to court in england and wales most were aged 16-24
• young actually commit more

  common crime is theft which is usually reported
• young actually commit more

  Hirschi - weaker social bonds branching off from parents to find out identity
• young appear to commit more

  stereotyped as potential criminals by media, closely supervised by police
• young appear to commit more

  offend in groups more easily, caught than individual adults. crimes commit usually reported to police - vehicle theft
• young appear to commit more

  more visible than white collar
• young appear to commit more

  Cooper and Owen 2013 - home office only 10% of crimes committed by youths were serious
• older appear to commit less

  involved with fraud - less viable to public
• older appear to commit less

  Hirschi - stronger social bonds likely too much to lose if commit crime - job or contact with children
• older appear to commit less

  Quinton et al - steady jobs are likely to stop offending
• older appear to commit less

  older people are not considered to be in the problem areas for crime - truancy, unemployment, absentee parent