Some useful information on social class and crime can be found in this blog article from sociologist Dr Sandra Trappen. - Social class and peer group
- Family stability/single parent families
- Career structure
- Present and future orientations
- Leisure
- Social and cultural capital
Students could identify these as possible factors within the video, before using resources available to research any evidence for the relevance of the factor in relation to criminal and/or deviant activity. Finally, they could look at crime rates in their own locality
Discover More The national website for policing in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
to look at the data available and police performance in their area. This data could be analysed using what they have learned about social class and crime so far.
