12 mark questions Discuss how far sociologists would agree that teenage criminal and deviant behaviour results from parents failing to socialise their children correctly. Agree Disagree Parents should be the main way children learn Children don’t commit as much crime as it seems. right from wrong. If children don’t learn this Most of it is exaggerated by the media the parents must be to blame Interactionists say - Children get labeled by the Functionalists say the main job of the family media and police. This creates a self fulfilling is to socialize children, if this doesn’t happen prophecy which is why youngsters commit crime children wont know norms and values Young people commit crime because of status Many anti-social or criminal adults then have frustration. They don’t have any power or children who are the same, non-criminal influence in society and think that by committing parents have non-criminal children crimes they can get some sort of sense of power Parents are a big role modern for most They may be badly influenced by peer group children. Children learn the norms and values Violent images in the media influence children to from their parents whether they are good or behave violently bad. Discuss how far sociologists would agree that working class males are more likely to commit crimes than other sections of society. Agree Disagree Statistics show men commit more crimes than Statistics are innacurate – Women commit women crimes but get away with them more often Feminists say this is because men have more because of the chivalry factor opportunities to commit crimes than women Women get away with crimes because they (women have to stay in and look after kids) commit crimes which are non-violent and they It may be because men are more violent and are more likely to get away with e.g fraud aggressive than women
12 mark questions Discuss how far sociologists would agree that teenage criminal and deviant behaviour results from parents failing to socialise their children correctly. Agree Disagree Parents should be the main way children learn right from wrong. If children don’t learn this the parents must be to blame Functionalists say the main job of the family is to socialize children, if this doesn’t happen children wont know norms and values Many anti-social or criminal adults then have children who are the same, non-criminal parents have non-criminal children Parents are a big role modern for most children. Children learn the norms and values from their parents whether they are good or bad. Children don’t commit as much crime as it seems. Most of it is exaggerated by the media Interactionists say - Children get labeled by the media and police. This creates a self fulfilling prophecy which is why youngsters commit crime Young people commit crime because of status frustration. They don’t have any power or influence in society and think that by committing crimes they can get some sort of sense of power They may be badly influenced by peer group Violent images in the media influence children to behave violently Discuss how far sociologists would agree that working class males are more likely to commit crimes than other sections of society. Agree Disagree Statistics show men commit more crimes than women 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 Statistics are innacurate – Women commit crimes but get away with them more often because of the chivalry factor Women get away with crimes because they commit crimes which are non-violent and they are more likely to get away with e.g fraud
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