Assess the Sociological explanations of social class differences

... Assess the Sociological explanations of social class differences In crime rates. According to the crime rate in England and Wales, the most committed crime amongst male and females was; theft and handling of stolen goods. These crimes, and similar to most crimes are mostly committed by the working-class; nevertheless this is not to say that other social class do not commit crimes. Explanation for crime and deviance in society has been attempted to be explained by many sociologists, for example labelling theory, subculture theory and also left/right realist. However they focus on working-class crimes, and fail to provide an explanation for middle-class. High crime rates amongst working class people may be down to the targeting of working class people, as explained by internationalist. According to intereactionist acts labelled as deviant tend to be committed by certain types of people. For example, police tend to target specific groups, of whom were mostly likely

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