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Outline and assess sociological explanations of why some communities are subject to more crime than others,focusing on social class and geographicaland/ or ethnic minority communities.
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Outline and assess sociological explanations of why some communities are subject to more crime than others, focusing on social class and geographical and/ or ethnic minority communities. Merton's perspective on Durkheim's 'anomie' has been influential in the sociology of crime and deviance. Similarly, theories such as Albert Cohen's sub cultural theory and the concepts of status frustration and the self- fulfilling prophecy seek to explain why some communities and social strata are subject to more crime than others. Arguably, poverty and inequality are causes inextricably linked with the criminalisation of communities, circumstances which are generally more prevalent in the lives of ethnic minorities and the working classes. Similarly, certain geographical areas face higher poverty than others, internationally and even within Britain itself. According to an investigation by police- immigrant relations in 1972 'black people were more law- abiding than the general population' (Layton Henry 1992). However as time has progressed, relations between ethnic minorities...
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