Crime + Deviance Names

Question 1

James Patrick

Answer 1

• Whistleblower in Met Police
• Exposed how crime statistics were manipulated

Question 2

Jones, Maclean, and Young

Answer 2

Islington crime survey

Question 3

Campbell

Answer 3

Levels of crime between males and females is closer than PRCF show

Question 4

Dobash + Dobash

Answer 4

• Violence against wives
• Interviews with women in refuges
• Domestic violence is hidden by justice system
• Happened when men felt their authority was challenged
• Womens victimisation linked to structural inequalities

Question 5

Sutherland

Answer 5

• Lower classes are more likely to be involved in crime
• Both perpatrators and victims

Question 6

Williams et. al.

Answer 6

• Most common in prison population
• Run away from home
• Experienced violence
• Drug / Alcohol misuse
• Truanting from school
• Exclusion from school
• No qualifications

Question 7

Cavadino + Dignan

Answer 7

• Self-report study
• Difference between middle and lower class offending is lower than expected
• Due to class bias in criminal system
• Due to differences in crimes committed

Question 8

Jock Young

Social class

Answer 8

• Myth of the equal victim
• People are not equally likely to be victims of a crime
• We are socialised into believing we are equally likely to be victims

Question 9

Kinsey

Answer 9

• Merseyside Crime survey
• Poor suffer more than wealthy after becoming victims of a crime
• Poor more likely to suffer ‘Multiple victimisation’ - become a victim to multiple crimes

Question 10

Jock Young

Gender

Answer 10

• Meaning of a punch differs
• The same crime may have different levels of seriousness
• Crime is relative

Question 11

Hammers and Saunders

Answer 11

• Unstructured interviews with women in Leeds
• 20% had been sexually assaulted and not reported it

Question 12

Stanko

Answer 12

• 1 incident of domestic violence reported every second over 24 hour period
• Very few led to successful outcome

Question 13

Walklate

Answer 13

• Many women are unable to leave abusive relationship so will not report abuse
• Victim has nowhere to go, children, has self blame

Question 14

Vomfell + Stewart

Answer 14

Ethnic minorities are overrepresented in stop + search compared to population and crime

Question 15

Bowling and Phillips

Answer 15

• CPS more likely to drop case involving Black suspect due to lack of evidence
• Black people more likely to be arrested with inadequate evidence

Question 16

Clark

Answer 16

• Central and Eastern European Roma immigrants got negative media attention around ‘intimidating’ behaviour
• Offending rates are in line with general population

Question 17

McVie

Answer 17

• Crime data is divided by age
• Can mask precise findings
• Repeat offenders skew crime statisics

Question 18

Jock Young

Age

Answer 18

Age needs to be considered alongside other factors

Question 19

Islington crime survey

Age

Answer 19

Young white women 29x more likely to be assaulted than over 45

Question 20

Crime Survey for England and Wales

Age

Answer 20

• Changed in 2009 to include aged 10-15
• Revealed more child abuse, neglect, and peer-on-peer crime