Negotiation of Justice

- Cicourel
Officers typifications (stereotypes) of the typical criminal lead to them
concentrate on types of people that are more likely to offend - for
instance, by patrolling working class areas.

He found that police viewed m/c and w/c behaviours differently, even
if the behaviour was the same.

He found that police sa m/c deviant behaviour as lapses, whilst they

haad the opposite perception of w/c deviant behaviours, so were
more harsh on them.

Relative Deprivation:

- Growing up in a poor environment and lacking certain

resources that the majority of others could lead to
criminal activity.

- As society becomes more materialistic there is an increased

pressure to buy expensive items such as trainers and designer
clothes.

- If these cannot be bought legitimely, people may be

tempted to turn to crime to acquire them.