Many of us are likely to have experienced crime personally at some point in our lives. Some of us, for example, may have committed a crime or been the victim of one. Others may have experienced crimes as both offenders and victims. Even if we have not had direct experience of crime, we will definitely have come across it second hand in the mass media, for instance in the press, TV news broadcasts and reality-based crime programmes such as Crimewatch. This topic has just been started by the year 10's, for information, powerpoints and handout please click on materials for revision. | Topics covered 1. What is crime and deviance? 2. Formal and informal rules 3. Social order and social control 4. Non-sociological explanations for crime and deviance 5. Sociological explanations for crime and deviance 6. Labelling theory 7. Official Statistics and crime 8. Age and crime 9. Gender and crime 10. Ethnicity and crime 11. Locality and crime 12. Social problems 13. Racism and crime |
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