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These are most of the detailed essay plans that are covered in WJEC’s Sociology Unit 3 ‘Crime and Deviance’ specification. Includes essay plans on Patterns 20 markers (Class, Age, Gender, Ethnicity) and Theory 40 marks (Functionalism, Marxism, Feminism, Neo-Marxism, Realism etc).

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Sociology
Unit3


Cive Deviance
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, + DEVIANCE
-RIME




POSSIBLE 10 MARKERS
·
ALIENATION, when humans feel disconnected estranged from some part of their nature or from society
·
ANOMIE c a state of normlessness or a breakdown of societal norms and values , leading to feelings of social
isolation and instability
·
ASBO >
a legal order in the UK used to stop someone aged 10+ from engaging in behaviour that causes alorm ,


harassment or distress to others in society
·
AUTHORITY - the legitimate or socially approved which one person or a group possesses and practices over
another

BRITISH CRIME SURVEY measures the amount of crime in England and Wales by asking people about crimes
·
>


they've experienced withinthe last year.
CAPITALISM >an economic/social system characterised by private ownership of the means of production where
·

,

resources are used by the bourgeoise to generate profit
.
·
CLASS CONSCIOUSNESS a group's awareness of their shared economic interests and position within a social
hierarchy
·
COLLECTIVE CONSCIENCE
- the shared set of beliefs ideas and
,
unite individuals in
moral attitudes that society

CONSUMERISM, the societal belief that acquiring accumulating goods and services leads to happiness and
·

and
personal fulfilment
CORPORATE CRIME Crimes Committed by individuals on behalf of the company they work for
·
>




CRIME any act that violates the law and is punishable by the state
·
>




CRIME SURVEY OF ENGLAND WALES a large-scale victim survey that measures crime by asking people about
·
+ >

their experiences with crime over the past year.
·
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM broad term for a wide range of institutions and systems that exist to prevent
, detect
and prosecute crime ,
as well as to punish and /or rehabilitate offenders

·
DELINQUENCY< Criminal behaviour committed by juveniles under the legal age of adulthood

·
DEPENDENCY THEORY :
explains how advanced nations continue to flourish at the expense of underdeveloped nations


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DEVIANCE > behaviours that violate social norms, expectations or laws within a society

·

DEVIANT CAREER the process by which an individual after being labelled as deviant by society, may gradually become
,
more
involved in deviant activities, potentially developing a long term deviant lifestyle .




FALLACY a mistake or misunderstanding in logic that fails to support one's argument
·




·
FALSE CONSCIOUSNESS > a state where the WC/ proletariat fails to recognise their own exploitation by the RC/bourgeoise .




·
FRAGMENTATION > the division or disintegration of a social group or society into smaller ,
less cohesive units , often
characterised by reduced interaction and integration between these groups
·
FUNCTION> the consequence a social institution , practice or process has on society ,
whether intended or unintended.


·
FOCAL CONCERNS the core norms and values of a subculture , particularly the WC ,
that can contribute to deviance .




GLOBALISATION< the increased interconnectedness of societies and the decline of national borders
·




HATECRIME
·
>
crimes where the motive is discrimination against individuals because of certain characteristics e .
.
g ethnicity/sexuality

·
INDIVIDUALISM L
emphasis in society is placed on the individual rather than on the group

·
INSTITUTIONALRACISM a form of discrimination based on race that is built into the way institutions operate ; the
systemic ways institutions perpetuate racial inequalities
·
INTERACTIONISM a micro-level theory that emphasises how individuals create meaning through interactions with others

·
LABELLING THEORY >
indicates that society's assigning of labels to individuals or certain groups can affect their
behaviour

LGBT >
lesbian gay, bisexual transgender
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