How Did Lockdown Affect crime?
How has the pandemic and the societal reaction to the pandemic (changes in policing practices and lockdown) affected trends in […]
Crime and Deviance
Crime and Deviance
Crime and Deviance
The Capitol Hill Insurrection, Post-Truth, Fascism and the Impeachment of Trump
I just listened to an interesting article on Radio 4 with historian Timothy Snyder discussing the Impeachment of Donald Trump
Crime and Deviance
The world’s toughest prisons: Tucumbu in Paraguay
Tucumbu Prison in Paraguay, South America, houses some of the most dangerous convicted criminals in the country. It is based
Crime and Deviance
What is Deviance?
Deviance is norm-breaking behaviour. Sociologists argue that deviance is context dependent – what is deviant depends on the situation you are in, such as the country and the historical period.
Crime and Deviance
What is Crime?
What is crime? An introduction to crime and deviance for A-level sociology
Race and Ethnicity, state crime
The Deportation of Chevon Brown – A Breach of Human Rights?
It can be difficult to find easy to understand examples of the state breaching individual human rights, but the recent
Crime and Deviance
How Coronavirus is changing crime and deviance
The societal reaction to Coronavirus is certainly a very stark illustration of the context dependency of crime and deviance….. The
Crime and Deviance, crime control
What is Social Control?
Social control refers to the mechanisms a society uses to get individuals to conform. This post covers sociological perspectives on social control such as Functionalism, Marxism and Interactionism
Crime and Deviance
Global phishing scams – too difficult to stop?
A recent BBC Panorama documentary provides an insight into how global computer fraud works. The documentary focuses on one criminal
Crime and Deviance, crime control
The deportations of foreign nationals – an example of a state crime?
The British government recently tried to deport 42 Jamaican nationals who had committed offences and in the United Kingdom and