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Sociology Crime and Deviance
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Subcultures
Developed amongst groups who suffer relative deprivation
Dress
specifically, tattoos.
Lea
and
Young
- Argue this does not account for anything.
Relative deprivation
The poor become aware of their
lower class
status and the fact they are poor and turn to
crime
Aware that others have
more
than them and therefore
steal
to change this.
Marginalisation
Refers to
groups
in society who feel more
deprived
than others economically, socially and politically.
They feel as though they have
no voice
Lea and
Young
-
Relative deprivation
People are more likely to feel
resentment
to people with
money
The
media
heightens peoples awareness of
relative deprivation
Informal controls
on crime are
weakened
Solutions to crime
Community
policing
Community
service
CCTV
Community
centres
Ethnic
minority police officers
Policy
Tough
on crime and the causes of crime (
inequality
/ discrimination)
Weaknesses
Not everyone who is
relatively
deprived commits
crime
Relies on
official
statistics, which Marxists would argue are social
constructs
ignores
ruling
class crime
focuses too much on
street
crime and ignores that
police
can be
selective
in the areas they police.
Criticised for
racialising
crime and turning it back into a
‘black
issue’