The police may view that white collar crime and corporate crime are not really as important as street crimes so it is usually not recorded because they are said to be victimless crime.
MAIN
These are the main points I will be looking for my primary research AGE, GENDER, CLASS, ETHNICITY AND LOCATION.
From the secondary source I have compiled it is said that young people are far more likely to commit crime than any other group, the explanations are usually based on this age as a period of risk and experimentation linked to weak social control.
For gender it is said that females are less likely to commit crime than males, the explanation are usually based on women and their role as a carers.
For class it is said that higher levels of crime are committed the less well-off, the explanation is for based on lack of opportunity and poor socialisation
For ethnicity it is said that white British commits the most crime, the explanations are there are more populations of white British then any other ethnicity.
For location it is said that higher levels of crime are committed in working class housing estates and in inner cities, the explanations are usually on the fact that those who commit crimes are likely to live on the estates and to go out at night to inner-city club/pubs.
HERE’S MY PRIMARY RESEARCH
AGE
From the self report survey young people age 16-20.
16-20 had 60%, 20-24 had 15%, 25-30 had 15%, and 31-40 had 10% and 50 and over had 0%.
Age 16-20 are most likely to commit crime this is because they have more freedom and time, they have the energy to do it and they don’t need to work to earn money for their family so they have more spare time then others unlike older age groups like 50 or over as they earn more money then others through their pensions and life savings and don’t have enough energy to do any crime.
From my victim survey young people age 16-24 are most likely to be a victim of crime this is because they don’t need to be respected by people unlike the old people age 60 or over even though they are easier targets because we are more likely to respect them.
GENDER
From the self report survey men are more likely to commit crime then women.
Male had 90% and female had 10%.
The reason is men has more time then women because the women ain’t got time to commit crime as they have to do the domestic work and look after their children and family while the men has more social time as they are busy finding a job and when they are unemployed their only last resort is to commit crime.
From the victim survey men are more likely to be a victim of crime then women because they earn more money then women and people respect women more then men.
ETHNICITY
From the self report survey black afro Caribbean are more likely to commit crime then any other ethnicity compared to white and Asians.
The black Afro Caribbean had 60%, Asians had 30% and white British had 10%. This is because that it is there only last resort because some of them haven’t got a job because some jobs are racist and probably only employ white British people so they choose to commit crime.
From the victim survey white British is the most likely to be a victim of crime. The white British had 50%, Asians had 30% and black Afro Caribbean had 20%.The reason for this is the white British earn more money then any other ethnicity and there are mass population of white British then any other ethnicity.
CLASS
From the self report survey the lower class and working class are most likely to commit the most crime.
The lower class had 40%, working class had 40%, middle class had 20% and higher class had 0%.
The reason for this is because they earn less money so the only way they could earn more is to commit crime like fraud, bribes, fooling expenses, mugging etc. The higher class earn more money so they hardly would commit crime.
From the victim survey the working class the working class are most likely to be a victim of crime.
Lower class had 30%, working class had 40%, middle class had 20% and higher class had 10%.
The reason for this is even though the working class earn less money they are easy target as they live in a more dangerous area and is an easy target for muggers unlike a higher class who earns more money so they live in a better developed area so they don’t really be confronted by criminals.
LOCATION
From the self report survey and the victim survey crimes are most likely to occur in the urban areas then rural.
Urban area had 90% and rural area had 10%.
The reason for this is because urban areas has more opportunities to steal from like mobile phones, game consoles, name brand clothes while in the rural area they have less of these gadgets so their a lot of opportunities and people in the rural area tend to know one another as it is a very small area so they wouldn’t start committing crime unlike the urban areas as it has a bigger area so therefore not everyone know each other so they could just easily pick an target.
The secondary source I have researched, shows the main reason for crime is
- SUBCULTURE
- POOR SOCIALISATION
- ANOMIE
- STATUS FRUSTRATION
SUBCULTURE
Some sociologists have argued that a small proportion of young people develop strong anti-social attitudes which are different from the mainstream values of society and which can lead them into crime.
POOR SOCIALISATION
The majority crimes are committed by a very small proportion of the population. Some sociologists have suggested that these are people who have been poorly socialised into the values of society.
ANOMIE
Modern societies are based on the belief that if a person works hard, he or she will have a good chance of being successful in life. However, for many people in inner cities or large housing estates where there is little opportunity of decent employments, people can feel bitter and frustrated; some may possibly turn to crime. This happens particularly in periods of high unemployment. The term ‘anomie’ refers to a situation where large numbers of people fail to follow generally accepted values, instead adopting various deviant forms of behaviour, such as theft or drug-taking.
STATUS FRUSTRATION
Working-class youths are more likely to fail at school and be in lower streams. They feel that everybody looks down upon them and so they express frustration in delinquent behaviour, which helps them to ‘get their own back’ on society.
CONCLUSION
Looking back at this project, I have found out that criminal statistics may not be 100% accurate with many cases being either not reported or not recorded by the police. Looking at information of books and the internet a shows the truth of criminal statistics that police and the government tend to make their figures lower in crime, so it makes the public think they are doing their job right but to me it’s actually making the society more dangerous by not showing the right figure; this is a very worrying issue if we don’t know the right figure because we cant tell whether the police are really protecting the public and is it safe to go out with worrying the possibility of being a victim of crime.
In this project I have found it hard to interview people because most people was embarrassed to say whether they have committed crime or been a victim of crime so that’s why I only interviewed ten people, also looking back at the project there was many different figures of criminal statistics in the secondary source so I didn’t know which one was true or false but in a way most of the figures are false as nothing is always 100% accurate.
Overall this project has been a difficult task as I had difficulties of what kind of primary research to find out for myself but in the end I still mange to find the information I wanted so I think I have done the task but not the best for my standard.
KELVIN SY
