Sociology › Section G · Deviance, crime, and social control › Topic G.3
Crime and the law
Crime is the form of deviance a society takes most seriously, enough to write it into law and build police forces, courts and prisons to deal with it. Sociologists ask what counts as crime, how much of it there really is, and how the justice system responds.
In this topic
- Types of crime
- Hate crimes
- Measuring crime
- Worked example: reading two crime sources
- Crime trends and public perception
- Police and courts
- Corrections: prison, jail, probation, parole
- Why punish? Five aims
- Worked example: matching sentences to aims
- Race, policing and legitimacy
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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