AQA GCSE Sociology Paper 2 2025 | Crime & Deviance + Social Stratification & mark scheme

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SOCIOLOGY
Paper2 TheSociologyofCrimeandDevianceandSocialStratification
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01 What term is commonly used by sociologists to describe a questionnaire in which people are a
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sked about crimes that have happened to them?
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A Dark figure of crime
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02 What term is commonly used by sociologists to describe when norms in society breakdown and b
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ecome unclear?
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A Alienation

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03 Describe one way in which the criminal justice system may be seen as instit
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04 Identify and describe one way to prevent criminal behaviour.
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Stanley Cohen investigated two working class youth subcultures called ‘Mods’ and ‘Rockers
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’. Cohen studied these groups using a mixed-
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method approach. This included using a mixture of primary and secondary methods. His res
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earch focused on events that happened across seaside towns in the UK.
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Cohen found that the media contributed to public fear of these youth groups by exaggerating t
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heir deviant behaviour towards each other. Newspaper headlines amplified the violence an
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d the damage, using words like ‘riot’, ‘battle’, ‘attack’, ‘rival gangs’. The media reports contrib
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uted towards a ‘moral panic’. This led to increased policing in response to the fear, resulting in
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more arrests and more young people joining the ‘Mods’ or the ‘Rockers’. These groups beca
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me known as deviant subcultures by the public.
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Source: Cohen, S, Folk Devils and Moral Panics, 1972.
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05 From Item A, examine one strength of using a mixed-method approach.
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