GCSE crime mix up revision

What are official statistics?

• Numbers collected by the school
• Information collected by the government
• Information collected by charities
• Information collected by sociologists

How might detection of a crime influence official statistics?

• Can be recorded 
• Can not be recorded if no one knows the crime has happened
• Can not send people to the police station
• The Prime Minister might be unhappy

What is the chivalry thesis?

• The belief that the police and courts, are more strict on males and easier on women.
• The belief that police and the courts are more strict on females and easier on males
• The belief that police and the courts treat both genders exactly the same
• The belief in knights in shining armour are awesome

What is anomie?

• When society does not provide enough ways for people to be successful therefore people feel frustrated and turn to crime
• When society does provide enough ways for people to be successful therefore people feel frustrated and turn to crime
• When society does not provide enough ways for people to be successful therefore people feel frustrated and turn to dance
• A cartoon

What is the sociological definition of deviance?

• When someone breaks a law
• The written rules of society.
• Breaking the norms of society
• Being very naughty

What does socially defined behaviour mean?

• An act is defined as criminal or deviant depending on the particular social setting it takes place.
• An act is defined as criminal or deviant depending on the laws of the country

 What is maternal deprivation?

• Lack of attention from parents turns you to crime
• Too much attention from parents turns you to crime
• Not having enough money
• Having too much seocialisation

What do functionalists think about crime in society?

• need to have crime so you know where  boundaries are
• crime is terrible
• Crime disrupts society too much
• need crime so the police can have a job

What is relative deprivation?

• not having the same resources as others
• not having attention from parents
• not having enough food to live on
• being a lot poorer than others

What is amplification of deviance?

• media makes a crime seem more common
• media makes a crime see less common
• loud crime
• not having enough money