RAG list for Unit 2

WJEC Unit 2 – Criminological Theories
RA REVISE REVISE
G 1 2
LO1 – UNDERSTAND SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONS OF
CRIMINALITY

AC 1.1 – COMPARE CRIMINAL BEHAVIOUR AND DEVIANCE
NORMS, VALUES, MORAL CODES AND MORES
DEFINING DEVIANCE
DEFINING CRIMINAL BEHAVIOUR
ACTS THAT ARE CRIMINAL
FORMAL SANCTIONS AGAINST CRIMINALS
ACTS THAT ARE BOTH CRIMINAL AND DEVIANT

AC 1.2 – EXPLAIN THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF
CRIMINALITY
WHAT IS THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF CRIMINALITY?
HOW LAWS CHANGE FROM CULTURE TO CULTURE
HOW LAWS CHANGE OVER TIME
HOW LAWS ARE APPLIED DIFFERENTLY ACCORDING

LO2 – UNDERSTAND KNOW THEORIES OF CRIMINALITY

AC 2.1/3.2 – DESCRIBE & EVALUATE BIO THEORIES OF
CRIMINALITY
PHYSIOLOGICAL THEORIES - LOMBROSO
PHYSIOLOGICAL THEORIES - SHELDON
GENETIC THEORIES – TWIN STUDIES
GENETIC THEORIES – ADOPTION STUDIES
GENETIC THEORIES – XYY STUDY
BRAIN INJURIES
DISEASES
BIOCHEMICAL – SEX HORMONES
BIOCHEMICAL – BLOOD SUGAR LEVELS
BIOCHEMICAL – SUBSTANCE ABUSE
OTHER SUBSTANCES

AC 2.2/3.2 – DESCRIBE & EVALUATE INDIV THEORIES OF
CRIMINALITY
PSYCHODYNAMIC THEORIES - PSYCHOANALYSIS
PSYCHODYNAMIC THEORIES – MATERNAL DEPRIVATION THEORY
EYSENCK’S PERSONALITY THEORY
LEARNING THEORIES – DIFFERENTIAL ASSOCIATION THEORY
LEARNING THEORIES – OPERANT LEARNING THEORY
LEARNING THEORIES – SOCIAL LEARNING THEORY
COGNITIVE THEORIES – CRIMINAL PERSONALITY THEORY
COGNITIVE THEORIES – MORAL DEVELOPMENT THEORY

AC 2.3/3.2 – DESCRIBE & EVALUATE SOC THEORIES OF
CRIMINALITY
DURKHEIM - FUNCTIONALIST THEORY
MERTON - STRAIN THEORY
COHEN – STATUS FRUSTRATION
CLOWARD AND OHLIN - SUBCULTURES
INTERACTIONALISM – LABELLING THEORY
MARXIST THEORY OF CRIME AND LAW