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statistics on social class and crime
working
class individuals are more likely to commit crimes like theft or
violent
crimes
whereas,
middle
class individuals are more likely to commit crimes like
fraud
or tax evasion
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Murray - New
Right
he suggested that the
welfare
state created welfare
dependency
and that there were incentives in the welfare system that created a criminal
underclass
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London and UK riots - 2011
66
% of 10-17 year olds charged have special
educational
needs
42
% of 10-17 year olds charged claimed
free
school meals
the younger rioters tended to be
poor
and struggling in education
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misleading statistics
marxists
argue that many crimes committed by the wealthy don't make their way into
crime statistics
the
rich
are less likely to be investigated and are more likely to be able to afford a good
lawyer
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white collar crime
crimes committed by the
middle
class
for example ,
fraud
or
tax
evasion
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corporate crime
crimes committed by
companies
rather than
individuals
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Beck -
risk
society
1995
- risk society is the shared knowledge of
rising crime
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statistical explosion in a risk society -
Maguire
Maguire
- notes how we are bombarded with data and this makes our
knowledge
of crime greater and adds to the
fear
of crime
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