Top 10 sociologists - Crime

  The rich and powerful people used their wealth to get  away with crimes.

• Chambliss

• Durkheim

• Gilroy

• Hall

There are benefits to crime , it can play a positive function  for society.

• Durkheim

• Hall

• Chambliss

• Merton

People commit crimes  because the are labelled by others, which leads to a criminal master status.

• Chambliss

• Durkheim

• Becker

• Carlen

Female crime is linked to poverty -working class women are more likely to turn to a life of crime than other groups.

• Durkheim

• Carlen

• Gilroy

• Hall

 The police used negative stereotypes when dealing with black people - are stopped and searched more.

• Carlen

• Durkheim

• Gilroy

• Becker

Social control - how women are socialised in the home (quiet, obedient, nurturing) mean they are less likely to commit crime.

• Heidensohn

• Durkheim

• Hall

• Becker

The drive to succeed is so strong that it creates strain in society - 5 reactions to strain.

• Becker

• Chambliss

• Carlen

• Merton

Ethnic minorities are portrayed in the media in a negative way - moral panics about muggings.

• Heidensohn

• Hall

• Becker

• Chambliss

Women were treated more gently by the police and courts and  female crime was greatly underestimated.

• Cohen

• Parsons

• Pollak

• Becker

Working class boys commit crime due to status frustration - form subcultures (gangs).

• Hall

• Gilroy

• Carlen

• Cohen