CHAPTER 15 - RACE / SEX / CLASS

The chief factor underlying crime, according to the book, is
social inequality. (explain stauts)

The book identifies four basic forms of inequality: class, gender,
race, and age.

Some patterns of victimization:

1) Lower class adults commit those types of crime handled by the
police (conventional crimes) at a higher rate than do middle class adults

2) Adults living in lower-class areas commit those types of crime handled
by the police at a higher rate than do adults living in middle-class areas

3) Lower-clas juveniles commit crime at a higher rate than do middle-class
juveniles

4) Juvelines living in lower-class areas commit crime at a higher tate
than do juveniles living in middle-class areas

 -- Crime victimization varies by CLASS

The poorer you are, the more likely you are to be victimized!!

The poorer you are, the more likely to be a crime victim
of PERSONAL crime.

Relative class derpviartion and inequality seem conducive to higher rates
of conventional property crime.

Crimes of theft are roughly the same across classes, and
household crimes vary, but not as much as personal crime.

SEX AND GENDER (note the difference):

Men are more likely to be victims of violent crime (except for
rape, which is estimated to be about 10 pct of male victims)

Why?

Why are women catching up??

Why do men embezzle? Why do women embezzle? (former to cover personal
problems, eg gambling, etc; women to cover family stuff)      

RACE

Blacks more likely to be victims than others

Whites account for 67 pct of all arrests; But, blacks account for 41 pct
of violent crime arrests. But, crime is primarily INTRAracial.


NOTE: CHECK OUT THE FIGURES IN THE BOOK

AGE

Highst at risk is 16-25. The older you get, the less likely
you are to be a victim. The elderly are, contrary to some
presentations, at very low risk. (ASK WHY??)
                CHAPTER 4: Interpersonal Violence
social inequality. (explain status)


The book identifies four basic forms of inequality: class, gender,
race, and age.

 -- Crime victimization varies by CLASS

The poorer you are, the more likely to be a crime victim
of PERSONAL crime.

Crimes of theft are roughly the same across classes, and
household crimes vary, but not as much as personal crime.

SEX AND GENDER (note the difference):

Men are more likely to be victims of violent crime (except for
rape, which is estimated to be about 10 pct of male victims)

RACE

Blacks more likely to be victims than others

NOTE: CHECK OUT THE FIGURES IN THE BOOK

AGE

Highst at risk is 16-25. The older you get, the less likely
you are to be a victim. The elderly are, contrary to some
presentations, at very low risk. (ASK WHY??)

The book condluces that violence (and other crime) is primarily the
result of the intersection of structual disadvantage, local context,
and indvidual (options for) social action.