Crime and Deviance

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Across
  1. 2. An act which produces a negative reaction and may be criminal
  2. 6. Being released from prison early
  3. 8. When there is harmony in society and it runs smoothly without conflict
  4. 11. A method where individuals report if they have been a victim of a crime in the past year
  5. 12. Exaggeration of crime in the media which makes the issue seem more prevalent than it is
  6. 13. A crime which is based on prejudice towards another due to their race, religion or sexuality
  7. 15. The unknown amount of crime which is not reported or recorded by the police
  8. 17. An explanation which suggests that the working class commit crimes because they are poor
  9. 21. Cohen argued that working class boys commit crimes as a result of boredom and...
  10. 22. According to Cohen this is another name for 'criminals' in the media
  11. 23. A prison in Norway which focuses on giving offenders a positive and humane experience of prison life
  12. 24. Widespread fear amongst the public of crime due to media exaggeration
  13. 25. Informal and formal agents control the behaviour of individuals and make them conform to rules/laws
  14. 28. A reason why girls commit fewer crimes is because they spend most of their time indoors
Down
  1. 1. A method where the offender owns up to the number of crimes they have committed
  2. 3. A theory which argues that crime statistics overemphasise working class crime and ignore white collar crime
  3. 4. Studied labelling and the deviant career
  4. 5. A theory which argues the women are treated leniently by the CJS
  5. 7. Unable to afford things that those who are similar to you are able to
  6. 9. Government statistics on the crime rate
  7. 10. When a person accepts and acts on a criminal label for the entirety of their life
  8. 14. Argued that working class women experience a gender and class deal
  9. 16. Argues that crime has a positive function in society e.g. creates jobs
  10. 18. A type of crime committed on behalf of an employer in order to make financial profit
  11. 19. A behaviour which breaks the law
  12. 20. The murder of this boy led to the McPherson report and the police being labelled as institutionally racist
  13. 26. Behaviour that is risky and on the edge of what is allowed
  14. 27. Studied the Mods and Rockers (criminal subculture)