Social Control Theory
This is the sociologist this theory belongs to
Who is Hirschi?
This is the sociologist responsible for this research
Who is Presdee?
This is the purpose of this research
What is the changing patterns of offending over 30 years?
Data from official statistics and self reports show this percentage of crime is committed by young people
What is 50%
Young black men often being portrayed as criminals is one example of what these stats disprove
What are media stereotypes?
This many people of this class, born in 1953, who were studied until their late 30s, were the participants of the study
This is what the study investigated
What is arson and potential motives behind arson?
This cohort had the highest participation rate in crime
Data from official statistics and self reports show this is the age at which offending rate sharply decreases
What is 24 years old?
This cannot be established through statistics
What is cause and effect?
Evidence for Social Control Theory tends to focus on these three problem areas that are correlated with higher crime rates
What are Absentee parents, Truancy, and Unemployment?
What are sixth form students?
Soothill used 6 age birth cohorts. This is the age range they were
What is 16-20
The BCS/CSEW show these people were two times more likely to become victims of crime compared with females
What are men?
This group of sociologists would argue official statistics can't be trusted since they could be manipulated to better suit the people in power
Who are Marxists?
This study suggests that this is essential in preventing crime
What is primary socialisation?
This is the reason young people start fires
What is a clear signal of rebellion?
The pattern of offending varied significantly between males and females. This was present for males of each type of offending, but this was not evident with the females
The ONS found 2.2% of children were victims of this compared to 0.4% of children being victims of violence without injury
What is violence with injury?
Victim surveys from these sociologists are higher in validity than official statistics since they have a desire to uplift and sympathise with victims of crime. These sociologists are very likely to report the actual figures they collect
What are Realist and Feminist sociologists
This found that those whose parents asked about their whereabouts constantly were less likely to commit crime
What is a self-reported questionnaire?
This is why the research is not as strong as it could be
What is not considering other reasons for the youth to start fires?
The fact that female crime offences mostly consists of shoplifting links to this sociologist's research
Who is Pat Carlen?
The graphs show 11% of Asian people this age were more likely to be a victim of crime than White people this age (6%)
What is 75 years old and older?
The CSEW does not cover these crimes leading to a dark figure of crime
What are sexual offences/crimes, fraud, cyber crime, or homicide