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Why is Crime Increasing Again?
The latest crime figures show an increase in the overall number of crimes committed in England and Wales, for the year ending March 2018. The overall numbers of crimes have increased from approximately 5.8 million in 2016-17 to 6 million … Continue reading
Posted in Crime and Deviance
Tagged crime, criminology, left realism, right realism, Statistics
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Zero Tolerance Policing – An Evaluation
A brief evaluation of Zero Tolerance Policing Zero Tolerance Policing involves the police strictly clamping down on minor criminal activities such as littering, begging, graffiti and other forms of antisocial behaviour. Clamping down might take the form of on the … Continue reading
Key Concepts for A Level Sociology – Crime and Deviance
A list of definitions of some of the key concepts relevant to the A level sociology crime and deviance module. Anomie Where modern social systems encourage excessive individualism – as a consequence there is a general lack of agreement around … Continue reading
Synoptic Surveillance and Crime Control
Thomas Mathiesen (1997) argues that control through surveillance has developed beyond Foucault’s panopticon model. The panopticon allows the few to monitor the many, but today the media increasingly allow the many to monitor the few. Mathiesen argues that in late … Continue reading
Posted in Crime and Deviance
Tagged crime control, criminology, Sociology, synoptic surveillance
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Public Space Protection Orders and Criminal Behaviour Orders
ASBOs are one of the best known crime control methods in the UK – the problem is they don’t exist anymore, they’ve been replaced by Public Space Protection Orders and Criminal Behaviour Orders. Public Space Protection Orders Public Space Protection … Continue reading
Posted in Crime and Deviance
Tagged ASBO, crime control, criminology, Deviance, Sociology
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Evaluating Broken Windows Theory
Broken Windows Theory suggests that high levels of physical disorder such as litter, graffiti, vandalism, or people engaged in Anti-Social Behaviour will result in higher crime rates. Broken Windows Theory is one aspect of the Right Realist approach to criminology … Continue reading
Posted in Crime and Deviance, right and left realism
Tagged crime, crime displacement, criminology, evaluation, right realism
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ASBOs – Arguments For and Against
ASBOs are a form of Zero Tolerance crime control and have been in use in the UK since 1999 – below are a few examples of how they’re used. Read them through and consider the arguments for and against using … Continue reading
Cultural Criminology – Crime as ‘Edgework’
Cultural Criminologists argue the exact opposite of Right Realism who focus on the ordinary motivations and repetitiveness of much crime. Instead, they stress the highly emotional nature of crime – instead of what the criminals will gain, these researchers are … Continue reading
Jock Young: Late Modernity, Exclusion and Crime
Jock Young (2002) argues that we are now living in a late modern society characterised by instability, insecurity and exclusion, which make the problem of crime worse. He contrasts today’s society (since the 1970s) with the period preceding it, arguing … Continue reading