WJEC Criminology (WJEC Level 3) Unit 4
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1. What types of social control are there?: Internal and External
2. Define external social control: Behaviour being controlled from outside ourselves.
Agents of social control (such as police and the government) have legal powers to impose
sanctions to ensure conformity
3. Define internal social control: Behaviour being controlled within us - from our
personalities and values. We conform because it feels right
4. Define conformity: Compliance with laws and policies as well as social norms and
values
5. What is social control?: Persuading a group of people to follow societies norms and
common values
6. Theories of Control: Travis Hirschi's Control Theory: People conform as a
result of being controlled by the bonds of society. When one of an individuals bonds are broken or
,weak, it can lead to deviance and crime.
7. Travis Hirschi's Control Theory: Bond 1) Attachment: Strong attachment
will mean you care about other peoples views and opinions on you, so committing crime is
unlikely if someone wants people to have good views on them
8. Travis Hirschi's Control Theory: Bond 2) Belief: If someone has been
socialised correctly, they will believe it would not be right to break the law and so offending is
unlikely
9. Travis Hirschi's Control Theory: Bond 3) Commitment: The more
someone is committed to a law abiding, conventional lifestyle, the more they conform
10. Travis Hirschi's Control Theory: Bond 4) Involvement: The more
involved someone is in lawful and conventional activities, the less time there is for criminal
ones
11. Theories of Control: Feminists: Women commit less crime than men as a result
of being controlled more closely
12. Define patriarchy: A society in which men are in control of higher positions and as a
result dominate over women
13. What is the percentage of women in top shadow cabinet
member positions?: 47%
,14. Identify one example of external form of social control:
Police
15. What is a formal agent of social control?: Someone official that usually
has the powers to carry out control (being prosecuted for a crime)
16. What is an informal agent of social control?: Someone unofficial that
could remind or discipline an individual (teachers giving detention)
17. What is conscience?: The ability to know the difference between good and evil,
right and wrong
18. Who established Right Realist Theory?: Charles Murray
19. What are some types of deterrents?: Prison time, fines, court orders
20. How do the government make law?: An MP must make a bill which goes
through the Houses of Commons and Lords
21. What is the House of Commons?: The most powerful of Houses of Parliament,
full of members of government and MP's voted in by the public in their own constituencies
22. What is the House of Lords?: The old 'Supreme Court' is full of unelected
, people. They double check and review bills passed through commons.
23. What is the Monarchy's role in law making?: The monarch at the time must
approve the law for royal assent if the bill makes it through the Lords and only then can the bill
become an act of parliament
24. What are the stages of law making in Parliament and
Lords?: First Reading Second Reading
Committee Stage
Report Stage
Third Reading
Lords Process (Same + Ping
Pong) Royal Assent
25. What happens in the first reading?: The bill is first introduced, a vote is
taken to allow it to go onto the next stage
26. What happens in the second reading?: The bills main principles are
considered and debated on, a vote is taken and moves onto the next stage
27. What happens in the committee stage?: The bill is examined in detail, by a
formed committee of MPs interested in the legislation. They report back to the whole house for
amendments and potential change
28. What happens in the report stage?: The report gives others opportunities
and to debate on any amendments they might wish to make to the law
29. What happens in the third reading?: This is the final chance for the
commons to debate the bill. No changes are allowed to be made at this stage and a vote is
done
30. What do the lords do with regards to law making?: After the third
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1. What types of social control are there?: Internal and External
2. Define external social control: Behaviour being controlled from outside ourselves.
Agents of social control (such as police and the government) have legal powers to impose
sanctions to ensure conformity
3. Define internal social control: Behaviour being controlled within us - from our
personalities and values. We conform because it feels right
4. Define conformity: Compliance with laws and policies as well as social norms and
values
5. What is social control?: Persuading a group of people to follow societies norms and
common values
6. Theories of Control: Travis Hirschi's Control Theory: People conform as a
result of being controlled by the bonds of society. When one of an individuals bonds are broken or
,weak, it can lead to deviance and crime.
7. Travis Hirschi's Control Theory: Bond 1) Attachment: Strong attachment
will mean you care about other peoples views and opinions on you, so committing crime is
unlikely if someone wants people to have good views on them
8. Travis Hirschi's Control Theory: Bond 2) Belief: If someone has been
socialised correctly, they will believe it would not be right to break the law and so offending is
unlikely
9. Travis Hirschi's Control Theory: Bond 3) Commitment: The more
someone is committed to a law abiding, conventional lifestyle, the more they conform
10. Travis Hirschi's Control Theory: Bond 4) Involvement: The more
involved someone is in lawful and conventional activities, the less time there is for criminal
ones
11. Theories of Control: Feminists: Women commit less crime than men as a result
of being controlled more closely
12. Define patriarchy: A society in which men are in control of higher positions and as a
result dominate over women
13. What is the percentage of women in top shadow cabinet
member positions?: 47%
,14. Identify one example of external form of social control:
Police
15. What is a formal agent of social control?: Someone official that usually
has the powers to carry out control (being prosecuted for a crime)
16. What is an informal agent of social control?: Someone unofficial that
could remind or discipline an individual (teachers giving detention)
17. What is conscience?: The ability to know the difference between good and evil,
right and wrong
18. Who established Right Realist Theory?: Charles Murray
19. What are some types of deterrents?: Prison time, fines, court orders
20. How do the government make law?: An MP must make a bill which goes
through the Houses of Commons and Lords
21. What is the House of Commons?: The most powerful of Houses of Parliament,
full of members of government and MP's voted in by the public in their own constituencies
22. What is the House of Lords?: The old 'Supreme Court' is full of unelected
, people. They double check and review bills passed through commons.
23. What is the Monarchy's role in law making?: The monarch at the time must
approve the law for royal assent if the bill makes it through the Lords and only then can the bill
become an act of parliament
24. What are the stages of law making in Parliament and
Lords?: First Reading Second Reading
Committee Stage
Report Stage
Third Reading
Lords Process (Same + Ping
Pong) Royal Assent
25. What happens in the first reading?: The bill is first introduced, a vote is
taken to allow it to go onto the next stage
26. What happens in the second reading?: The bills main principles are
considered and debated on, a vote is taken and moves onto the next stage
27. What happens in the committee stage?: The bill is examined in detail, by a
formed committee of MPs interested in the legislation. They report back to the whole house for
amendments and potential change
28. What happens in the report stage?: The report gives others opportunities
and to debate on any amendments they might wish to make to the law
29. What happens in the third reading?: This is the final chance for the
commons to debate the bill. No changes are allowed to be made at this stage and a vote is
done
30. What do the lords do with regards to law making?: After the third
