Criminology WJEC A Level exam with verified answers

Criminology WJEC A Level exam with
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What|is|the|social|definition|of|crime|-|ANSWER✔✔✔-behavior|that|violates|the|norms|of|society



legal|definition|of|crime|-|ANSWER✔✔✔-A|crime|is|an|act|that|violates|the|criminal|law|and|is|
punishable|with|a|jail|term,|a|fine,|and|or|some|other|sanction



Non|court|formal|sanctions|against|crime|include|?|-|ANSWER✔✔✔-Caution|,|conditional|
caution|and|penalty|notice



What|are|the|two|types|of|cautions|-|ANSWER✔✔✔-Cautions|-|administered|by|police|for|minor|
crime|eg|graffiti|however|you|have|to|admit|to|the|offence|and|agree|to|be|cautioned|



Conditional|caution|-|given|by|police|but|you|have|to|agree|to|rules|eg|receive|treatment|for|drug|
abuse



What|is|a|penalty|notice|-|ANSWER✔✔✔-Pay|a|fixed|fine|for|things|like|speeding|or|illegal|
parking|and|minor|shoplifting



What|is|formal|court|sanction|-|ANSWER✔✔✔-Discharged|,|custodial|sentence|,|community|
sentence|and|fines



What|is|a|custodial|sentence|-|ANSWER✔✔✔-When|a|person|is|put|in|jail|for|committing|a|
crime,|can|have|a|mandatory|and|discretionary|life|sentences|and|fixed|term|indeterminate|
prison|sentences

, What|is|a|community|sentence|-|ANSWER✔✔✔-Time|that|has|to|be|given|back|to|the|
community|in|the|form|of|unpaid|work.



What|is|a|fine|-|ANSWER✔✔✔-a|sum|of|money|to|be|paid|to|the|state|by|a|convicted|person|as|
punishment|for|an|offense



Definition|of|a|norm|-|ANSWER✔✔✔-Accepted|standard|of|behaviour|for|states|based|on|
principles,|morals|and|customs.



Definition|of|moral|code|-|ANSWER✔✔✔-Good|ways|of|behaving|breaking|moral|code|would|
generally|generally|be|considered|serious|in|society|for|example|murder



What|is|the|definition|of|value?|-|ANSWER✔✔✔-We|shared|by|most|people|in|a|given|culture|it's|
what|people|feel|should|happen.|These|are|more|general|guidelines|than|norms|for|example|
respect|elders.



Forms|of|deviance|-|ANSWER✔✔✔-Admired|behaviour|or|behaviour|and|bad|behaviour.|Some|
acts|can|be|deviant|not|criminal|for|example|cross-dressing|some|a|criminal|not|deviant|for|
example|illegal|music|and|both|can|be|criminal|and|deviant|for|example|murder



What|does|admired|behaviour|mean?|-|ANSWER✔✔✔-Deviant|but|considered|good|admirable|
for|example|saving|a|life|while|putting|yours|at|risk



Definition|of|deviance|-|ANSWER✔✔✔-Behaviour|that|goes|against|the|dominant|social|norms|
of|specific|group|or|society|causes|some|kind|of|critical|reaction|or|disapproval



What|is|an|informal|and|formal|sanction|against|deviance?|-|ANSWER✔✔✔-Informal|-would|be|
frowning|upon|behaviour|name-calling|and|parents|grounding|their|child



Formal|-fines|imprisonment|may|be|appropriate|for|different|acts