Crime and Deviance:
Name: Theory: Explain: Evaluate:
Reiman and The more likely a crime is The justice Lacks statistical
Leighton to be committed by system is evidence; however,
high-class people, the less biased in favour supported by examples
likely it is to be treated as of the wealthy, like tax evasion and
an offence. often ignoring or financial fraud rarely
downplaying resulting in
corporate and imprisonment
white-collar compared to petty theft.
crime.
Cohen and News is not discovered, Media Ignores increasing
Young but it is manufactured. A constructs crime citizen journalism and
central feature of stories to fit alternative media
manufactured news is the agendas and sources; still relevant
concept of ‘news values’ attract for understanding
e.g immediacy, audiences, media bias.
dramatisation, leading to
personalisation and misrepresentati
violence. on.
Gilroy BME groups do not BME groups are Criticised for
commit more crime than overrepresented romanticising crime and
others. They simply in crime ignoring real victims of
appear more criminal as a statistics due to black-on-black crime
result of racist policing institutional (e.g. Lea and Young).
that acts on stereotypes. racism, not
actual higher
offending.
Parsons Due to their biology and Gender roles Dated view – ignores
the way they are mean women rising female crime and
socialised, women are are more likely women in
nurturing and therefore to care and non-traditional roles.
are incapable of and/ or conform,
do not want to commit reducing
crime. likelihood of
crime.
Cohen Moral panics arise from Media Still influential, but may
the media’s ability to exaggerates exaggerate media's
over-exaggerate crime deviance, power; not all deviance
and deviance, such as the creating public leads to moral panic.
Mods and Rockers in the fear and
1960s. increasing
pressure on
authorities (e.g.
Mods &
Rockers).
White The anthropocentric view Green crime Highlights global
Name: Theory: Explain: Evaluate:
Reiman and The more likely a crime is The justice Lacks statistical
Leighton to be committed by system is evidence; however,
high-class people, the less biased in favour supported by examples
likely it is to be treated as of the wealthy, like tax evasion and
an offence. often ignoring or financial fraud rarely
downplaying resulting in
corporate and imprisonment
white-collar compared to petty theft.
crime.
Cohen and News is not discovered, Media Ignores increasing
Young but it is manufactured. A constructs crime citizen journalism and
central feature of stories to fit alternative media
manufactured news is the agendas and sources; still relevant
concept of ‘news values’ attract for understanding
e.g immediacy, audiences, media bias.
dramatisation, leading to
personalisation and misrepresentati
violence. on.
Gilroy BME groups do not BME groups are Criticised for
commit more crime than overrepresented romanticising crime and
others. They simply in crime ignoring real victims of
appear more criminal as a statistics due to black-on-black crime
result of racist policing institutional (e.g. Lea and Young).
that acts on stereotypes. racism, not
actual higher
offending.
Parsons Due to their biology and Gender roles Dated view – ignores
the way they are mean women rising female crime and
socialised, women are are more likely women in
nurturing and therefore to care and non-traditional roles.
are incapable of and/ or conform,
do not want to commit reducing
crime. likelihood of
crime.
Cohen Moral panics arise from Media Still influential, but may
the media’s ability to exaggerates exaggerate media's
over-exaggerate crime deviance, power; not all deviance
and deviance, such as the creating public leads to moral panic.
Mods and Rockers in the fear and
1960s. increasing
pressure on
authorities (e.g.
Mods &
Rockers).
White The anthropocentric view Green crime Highlights global
