Key concepts
Cards (14)
- acquisitive - taking money/belongings without consent of owners
- acquisitive eg - theft and fraud
- anti-social - causing harassment/distress to people who aren't part of your family
- anti-social eg - drunk and disorderly and graffiti
- drug-related - trading/using illegal substances
- drug-related eg - supplying drugs and buying drugs
- sexual - making someone else submit to sexual act against their consent
- sexual eg - rape and use of child pornography
- violent - causing physical harm/even death
- violent eg - physical assault and murder
- crime is a social construct and seen as something that deviates from social norms
- crime is measured using official statistics and self-report
- official statistics - good = can see which crimes are increasing/decreasing using police reportsbad = not all crimes are reported/recorded
- self-report - good = find out about crimes that aren't reported/detectedbad = social desirability