Eduqas GCSE Sociology · C200
Component 2
Revise: Influential Sociological FactorsScapegoating means blaming a group for wider problems for which it is not responsible, or not solely responsible. Portrayals of migrants or welfare claimants as the cause of social problems can direct resentment towards those groups. Scapegoating simplifies complicated issues and can divert attention from other explanations.
- Revise: Ethnicity and Crime
Unfairly blaming a person or group for wider social problems that they have not caused.