2025 AQA A-level SOCIOLOGY Paper 3 Crime and Deviance with Theory and Methods Combined Question Paper and Final Marking Scheme
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A-level
SOCIOLOGY
Paper 3 Crime and Deviance with Theory and Methods
Friday 13 June 2025 Afternoon Time allowed: 2 hours
Materials
For Examiner’s Use
You will need no other materials.
Question Mark
Instructions
1
Use black ink or black ball-point pen.
Fill in the boxes at the top of this page. 2
Answer all questions. 3
You must answer the questions in the spaces provided. Do not write outside 4
the box around each page or on blank pages.
If you need extra space for your answer(s), use the lined pages at the end of 5
this book. Write the question number against your answer(s). 6
Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do not want to be
marked. TOTAL
Information
The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
The maximum mark for this paper is 80.
Questions carrying 10 marks or more should be answered in continuous prose.
In these questions you will be marked on your ability to:
use good English
organise information clearly
use specialist vocabulary where appropriate.
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Crime and Deviance box
Answer all questions.
0 1 Outline two ways in which crime may benefit society.
[4 marks]
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0 2 Outline three ways in which the media may contribute to an increase in crime rates. box
[6 marks]
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0 3 Read Item A below and answer the question that follows. box
Item A
The criminal justice system includes institutions that exist to detect crime. The criminal
justice system is also responsible for punishing and rehabilitating offenders.
The role of the criminal justice system may not always result in reduced crime.
Applying material from Item A, analyse two reasons why the role of the criminal justice
system may not always result in reduced crime.
[10 marks]
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Please write clearly in block capitals.
Centre number Candidate number
Surname
Forename(s)
Candidate signature
I declare this is my own work.
A-level
SOCIOLOGY
Paper 3 Crime and Deviance with Theory and Methods
Friday 13 June 2025 Afternoon Time allowed: 2 hours
Materials
For Examiner’s Use
You will need no other materials.
Question Mark
Instructions
1
Use black ink or black ball-point pen.
Fill in the boxes at the top of this page. 2
Answer all questions. 3
You must answer the questions in the spaces provided. Do not write outside 4
the box around each page or on blank pages.
If you need extra space for your answer(s), use the lined pages at the end of 5
this book. Write the question number against your answer(s). 6
Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do not want to be
marked. TOTAL
Information
The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
The maximum mark for this paper is 80.
Questions carrying 10 marks or more should be answered in continuous prose.
In these questions you will be marked on your ability to:
use good English
organise information clearly
use specialist vocabulary where appropriate.
7 1 9 2/3
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IB/G/Jun25/G4005/E3
, 2
Do not write
outside the
Crime and Deviance box
Answer all questions.
0 1 Outline two ways in which crime may benefit society.
[4 marks]
Extra space
4
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IB/G/Jun25/7192/3
, 3
Do not write
outside the
0 2 Outline three ways in which the media may contribute to an increase in crime rates. box
[6 marks]
Extra space
6
Turn over ►
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IB/G/Jun25/7192/3
, 4
Do not write
outside the
0 3 Read Item A below and answer the question that follows. box
Item A
The criminal justice system includes institutions that exist to detect crime. The criminal
justice system is also responsible for punishing and rehabilitating offenders.
The role of the criminal justice system may not always result in reduced crime.
Applying material from Item A, analyse two reasons why the role of the criminal justice
system may not always result in reduced crime.
[10 marks]
for more: tyrionpapers.com
IB/G/Jun25/7192/3
