Criminology WJEC Comprehensive Study Question Bank with Verified Answers 2026.docx

Criminology WJEC
Comprehensive Study
Question Bank with
Verified Answers 2026

, Internal social control - correct answerControls that come from within ourselves, from personalities and
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values, that lead us to conform to the rules of society.
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Moral conscience (superego) - correct answerForms through early socialisation.
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Forms part of our personality, telling us right from wrong and inflicts feelings of guilt.
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Restrains the selfish 'animal' urges of the Id and allows us to exercise self-control.
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Traditions and cultures - correct answerWe accept traditions and religions of the family that form part of our
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Eg, Muslim tradition of fasting during Ramadan.
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Internalising social rules - correct answerWe internalise social rules and traditions through the process of
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Society's rules and moral codes then become our own personal rules.
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We use them to tell us what is right from wrong, and so we keep within the law (rational ideology).
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External social control - correct answerAgencies that aim to ensure we conform to its expectations and keep
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to its rules.
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Agencies - correct answerOrganisations or institutions that impose rules on us to make us behave in particular
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May include parents, peer groups, teachers, who give us positive sanctions to those conforming and negative
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ones to those who aren't.
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Echos Skinner's operant learning theory, as punishments deter undesirable behaviour and rewards
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Criminal justice system - correct answerPolice have the power to stop and search, arrest, detain and question.
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CPS can charge a suspect and prosecute them in court.
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Judges and magistrates have powers to bail the accused or remand them in custody, and sentence the guilty.
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Prison service can detain prisoners against their will for the duration of their sentence and punish their
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misbehaviour.