ASBOs: What They Were and What Replaced Them
An Anti-Social Behaviour Order, or ASBO, was a civil order restricting what a named individual could do, breach of which […]
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Why is Crime Falling?
According to both Police Recorded Crime and the Crime Survey of England and Wales, there has been a steady
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Crime and Deviance Exam Practice Questions (10 markers)
analyse two reasons for the formation of subcultures (10) – a full mark answer.
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Foucault: Surveillance and Crime Control
Michel Foucault argued that crime control in modern societies works through surveillance rather than force. There are four ideas you
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Cultural Criminology: Consumerism, Edgework and Crime
Cultural criminology seeks to understand how consumer culture has changed the motives and nature of crime in contemporary society. Cultural
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Does Prison Work?
It depends what you think prison is for. On the evidence: Whether prison works is a key debate within crime
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Postmodern Criminology: Post and Late Modern Theories of Crime
Postmodern and late modern criminologists argue that crime has changed since the 1970s, and that the older theories no longer
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Jock Young: Social Exclusion, the Bulimic Society and Crime
Jock Young (1999) argues that we live in a society that culturally includes everyone and economically excludes a great many
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Right Realist Criminology
Right Realism believes individuals make a rational choice to commit crime, and emphasises tough control measures to reduce crime – such as zero tolerance policing.
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Environmental Crime Prevention Strategies
Environmental crime prevention means using formal and informal social control to clamp down on anti-social behaviour and stop a neighbourhood