Police caution is where a warning
rather than prosecution. Formal -
recorded and Informal -
verbal/unrecorded
Cesare Lombraso (late 1800s)
says that people are born
criminal.
Folk Devils is where it is over simplified, informed
generalisation of particular people/social groups
who moral entrepreneurs wish to demonise e.g.
peadophiles, hoodies and the 'mods and rockers'
The media can be more selective in
focusing more on upon some victims
more than others.
Dark Figure of Crime is where
crime has not been reported or
recorded whereas FIGURE OF
CRIME is where a crime has
been reported/recorded.
Marx would say "Selective law
enforcement" against workers...Feminists
would say "the fear of humiliation" in
carf.
African Carribbeans and South Africans are more
likely to be victims of crime.
Karl Andree, age 74, was imprisoned in Saudi
Arabia for having wine. They let him of 75
lashes (2015
Folkways
Social Norms: are informal understandings that govern the behaviour of members of society.