Crime, social class and locality Starter: According to official statistics, which social class is more likely to commit crime? Challenge: Suggest reasons why the official statistics may be inaccurate Ethnicity Labelling Institutional racism explain the patterns in the relationship between social class, locality and crime

Crime & Social Class Revise your reading notes on Crime and Social Class Revise your reading notes on Crime, social class and locality Crime & Social Class Highlight key points Circle key concepts Transform your notes into a diagram 5 mins

Revising social class across sociology Crime and Social Class Create a concept map Revising social class across sociology Crime Families Social Class -key trends -concepts 20mins Education Definitions Extension: are there any themes/connections that run throughout?

Revising social class across sociology Crime and Social Class Create a concept map Revising social class across sociology Extended family Cultural capital Material deprivation White collar Labelling Socialisation Subculture Marxist view Streaming Skilled/disconnected local choosers Democratic/ Authoritarian parenting Material deprivation Cultural deprivation Male dominated/ patriarchal

Quiz The number of employees killed at work every year due to negligence: A) 500 B) 200 C) 100 In your opinion is this a crime? Should the person in charge be punished? The Answer is A

Question 2 The answer is C There are more working class than middle class prisoners. Last count showed that there were: A) twice the number are working class B) 3 times the number are working class C) 4 times the number are working class The answer is C

True or False The reason why there are more working class people in prison is because middle class people do not commit crime. True False The answer is False – there are many reasons why the prison population is mostly working class.

Crime and Social Class

Crime and Social Class Key questions/debates? Do working class people commit more crime and deviance than middle class people? Why are white collar and corporate crimes underrepresented in the crime statistics?

Crime and Social Class Tasks to complete Knowledge - What sort of crimes are committed by working class people? What is the term for crime committed by people in ‘high-status’ positions? Understanding- Why might w/c people be more likely to commit crime? Why might m/c people be under represented in the prison system? Application Read the case study on Jordan Belfort - the Wolf of Wall Street - summarise his crime in a few sentences Analysis What is the difference between white collar and corporate crime? Why does there appear to be more crime in urban rather than rural areas?

Crime and Social Class Discuss how far sociologists would agree that most criminal behaviour is caused by poverty and social deprivation. (12 marks) For Against

Crime and Social Class Plenary Are crime statistics saying ethnic minorities are more likely to commit crime accurate? 1 reason “yes” 1 reason “no”

Crime and Social Class Homelearning Revision on studying society, families, education MOCK in class 3rd November