aempty, the law protects the property owner’s rights to leave that house empty and not the homeless man’s rights to shelter. Evidence also shows the costs of crimes and that white collar and corporate crime costs the masses considerably more than street crime (Laureen Snider,1993). David Gordon (1971) argues police concentrate on the working class, as does the criminal justice system by prosecuting them, the system seems to ignore the upper classes and the crimes they carry out. Gordon maintains the imbalance of prosecutions mainly looks after the power of the ruling classes. Gordon believes the criminal justice system is there to neutralise opposition to the system, Gordon also added that with the police and court and media focussing on
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Crime and deviant behaviour is socially constructed, that is, society has created the label of crime to certain behaviours. Howard Becker (1963) said “Deviancy is not a quality of the act a person commits, but rather a consequence of the application by others of rules and sanctions to an ‘offender’. Deviant behaviour is behaviour that people so label”. Lemert (9877) study of cheque forgers found they took part in the consistent behaviour regularly even before they were caught and labelled. There are other studies supporting labelling has no effect, Robins, ‘Deviant Children Grow Up’ (1966) the influence being labelled as mentally ill as a child has little effect (16%) in the likelihood of being labelled as an …show more content…
This is because these approaches ignore the important influential role played by society when it comes to the problem of crime and recognising its causes and how best to manage it. As a result, sociological explanations often also stand in strong with the views adopted by politicians, the media and people who prefer to only blame criminals for their
Crime and deviant behaviour is socially constructed, that is, society has created the label of crime to certain behaviours. Howard Becker (1963) said “Deviancy is not a quality of the act a person commits, but rather a consequence of the application by others of rules and sanctions to an ‘offender’. Deviant behaviour is behaviour that people so label”. Lemert (9877) study of cheque forgers found they took part in the consistent behaviour regularly even before they were caught and labelled. There are other studies supporting labelling has no effect, Robins, ‘Deviant Children Grow Up’ (1966) the influence being labelled as mentally ill as a child has little effect (16%) in the likelihood of being labelled as an …show more content…
This is because these approaches ignore the important influential role played by society when it comes to the problem of crime and recognising its causes and how best to manage it. As a result, sociological explanations often also stand in strong with the views adopted by politicians, the media and people who prefer to only blame criminals for their