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Feminists say this is because men have more opportunities to commit crimes than women (women have to stay in and look after kids) It may be because men are more violent and aggressive than women It may be because men are often the main breadwinners and feel pressure to provide for the family. As a result they often turn to crime Statistics show that working class people commit more crimes than other social classes This is because they are poorer and sometimes need to commit crimes to survive Relative deprivation is when people feel poorer than others around them. This leads some people to commit crimes because they are jealous of people who are better off more often because of the chivalry factor Women get away with crimes because they commit crimes which are and they are more likely to get away with e.g fraud Statistics are inaccurate because many middle class people commit white collar crime but get away with it. Companies aren’t bothered reporting white collar crime because it may give them negative publicity Marxists say that rich company owners commit corporate but get away with it because they can afford good lawyers. Governments are more bothered about dealing with individual crimes Discuss how far sociologists agree that an act some people would see as deviant might not be seen as deviant by other people Agree Disagree Your idea of deviance depends how you have been brought up Different countries have different laws What is considered deviant changes depending on who commits the act, where they are, who they are with In a country the laws and of what are right and wrong change over time e.g. smoking in public Most people have the same ideas of deviance. That is where laws come from. We can only have and laws if most people agree with them Discuss how far sociologists agree that official statistics of police recorded crime exaggerate crime levels among young people Agree Disagree Young people are negatively labeled by the police who target them. It seems they commit more crimes than they actually do Young people do commit more crimes than other groups. This is because of peer pressure from their friends which older people don’t give in to