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Ethnicity and Crime
Explain ethnic differences of cri...,
Explain ethnic differences of cri...,
Explain ethnic differences of cri...
19  cards
Locality and Crime
What the statistics say,
Juvenile delinquency and urban ar...,
The zone of transmission
24  cards
Age and Crime
Gender patterns in crime,
Such statistics of recorded crime...,
Do women commit less crime
21  cards
Social Class and Crime
What do official statistics say a...,
Analysis of statistics,
Reasons for working class offendi...
8  cards
Gender and Crime
What did heidenshohn claim,
Give some statistics on gender di...
2  cards
Functionalist Theories of Crime and Deviance
Durkheims functionalist theory of...,
Which two key mechanisms achieve ...,
Crime is inevitable and universal
29  cards
Interactionists/ labelling theories of Crime and Deviance
Relativistic definition of deviance,
Becker deviance is a social const...,
How and why do laws get made acco...
18  cards
Marxist Theories of Crime and Deviance
Introduction marxism as a relativ...,
Marxism as a structural theory,
Traditional marxism
20  cards
Right Realist Theories of Crime and Deviance
Right realism sees crime especial...,
Practical soultions,
The causes of crime
10  cards
Left Realist Theories of Crime and Deviance
Left realism has developed from t...,
Left realism criticises other the...,
Left realism believes taking crim...
13  cards
Media and Crime
Sociologists are interested in,
Media representations of crime wi...,
What evidence is there to suggest...
29  cards
Green Crime
Definition,
Green crime is linked to globalis...,
Global risk society and the envir...
13  cards
State Crime
Green and ward define state crime as,
1 the scale of state crime,
What do michaloski and kramer note
13  cards
Globalisation
Definition of globalisation by da...,
Causes of globalisation,
Globalisation of crime
12  cards
Value Freedom
Is it possible and is it desirabl...,
The classical sociologists and va...,
How does weber distinguish betwee...
14  cards
Sociology and Social policy
What is a social problem,
What is a sociological problem,
Social problems and sociological ...
13  cards
Functionalism in relation to sociological theory
Durkheim and functionalism,
Traditional society,
Modern society
28  cards
Marxism in relation to sociological theory
Key ideas,
Marx was a revolutionist,
Historical materialism
23  cards
Feminism in relation to sociological theory
General feminist stance on society,
Types of feminism and sociology,
Liberal feminism
24  cards
Social Action theories (Weber and Social Interactionism)
Key ideas,
Max weber social action theory,
Structural cause
24  cards
Modernity and postmodernism
The enlightenment project,
The characteristics of a modern s...,
The nation state
24  cards
The study of Suicide
Positvist view of suicide,
Suicide rates as social facts,
What did durkheim find when using...
14  cards
Crime Prevention
Introduction,
Situational crime preventiondefin...,
What three features of situationa...
20  cards
Punishment
Purpose of punishment,
What ways is punishment justified,
Reduction
19  cards
Victims
How does the united nations defin...,
Christie argues that the notion o...,
What are the two approaches to vi...
18  cards
Interpretivism
Define interpretivism,
Interpretivist methodology,
Theoretical perspectives linked t...
19  cards
Positivism
Definition,
Deductive approach,
Positvist methodology
20  cards
Sociology as a Science
There are two related debates,
Positivism,
Social facts
33  cards

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