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What makes someone a criminal? Thinking like a social scientist about crime Vikki Boliver

What makes someone a criminal? Thinking like a social scientist about crime Vikki Boliver Sociology Lecturer School of Applied Social Sciences. What is crime?. Could you be a criminal?. Have you ever bought something that you suspected may have been stolen ?

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What makes someone a criminal? Thinking like a social scientist about crime Vikki Boliver

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  1. What makes someone a criminal? Thinking like a social scientist about crime Vikki Boliver Sociology Lecturer School of Applied Social Sciences

  2. What is crime?

  3. Could you be a criminal? • Have you ever bought something • that you suspected may have • been stolen? • Have you ever taken anything from your school or workplace (e.g. stationery)? • Have you taken ‘souvenirs’ from a place you have visited (e.g. when on holiday or a school trip)?

  4. Could you be a criminal? Have you ever found money in the street and kept it? Have you ever left a shop without paying in full for your purchases? Have you ever kept money if you received too much in change?

  5. Is crime a social construct? • Can you think of something that was considered a crime in the past but isn’t anymore? • Can you think of something that is now considered to be a crime but wasn’t in the past?

  6. Is crime a social construct? • Can you think of something that would be considered a crime under certain circumstances but not others? • Can you think of something that we as a society think is very bad but which isn’t considered a crime?

  7. Are criminals made by society? • What are some of the characteristics • of the typical prison inmate? • Why is it that people with these • characteristics are more likely than • others to end up in prison? • What should society do with its criminals?

  8. Is crime necessarily dysfunctional? • Is it possible to have a society • with no crime? • Could crime be beneficial • for society?

  9. Study for a degree with us @ theSchool of Applied Social Sciences BA Sociology BA Criminology BA Anthropology & Sociology BA Combined Honours in Social Sciences BA Education Studies (Sociology)

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