AQA Sociology Paper 3 Revision Checklist
Crime and Deviance
Functionalist Theories
• [ ] Durkheim: functions of crime
• [ ] Durkheim: anomie
• [ ] Merton: strain theory
• [ ] Cohen: status frustration
• [ ] Cloward and Ohlin: illegitimate opportunity structures
• [ ] Functionalist evaluations
Marxist Theories
• [ ] Criminogenic capitalism
• [ ] Selective law enforcement
• [ ] Ideological functions of crime
• [ ] Gordon
• [ ] Chambliss
• [ ] Snider
• [ ] Neo-Marxism (Taylor et al.)
• [ ] Marxist evaluations
Interactionism
• [ ] Becker: labelling theory
• [ ] Cicourel
• [ ] Lemert: primary and secondary deviance
• [ ] Deviant careers
• [ ] Moral panics
• [ ] Cohen's folk devils
• [ ] Interactionist evaluations
Realism
Left Realism
• [ ] Relative deprivation
• [ ] Marginalisation
• [ ] Subcultures
• [ ] Lea and Young
• [ ] Square of Crime
• [ ] Left realist solutions
• [ ] Evaluation
Right Realism
• [ ] Wilson and Herrnstein
• [ ] Rational choice theory
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, • [ ] Biological explanations
• [ ] Murray and the underclass
• [ ] Broken windows theory
• [ ] Situational crime prevention
• [ ] Evaluation
Feminist Theories
• [ ] Liberal feminism
• [ ] Radical feminism
• [ ] Marxist feminism
• [ ] Heidensohn
• [ ] Carlen
• [ ] Gender and victimisation
• [ ] Feminist evaluations
Crime, Deviance and Social Groups
Social Class and Crime
• [ ] Official statistics
• [ ] Working-class crime explanations
• [ ] White-collar crime
• [ ] Corporate crime
• [ ] Class bias in the criminal justice system
Gender and Crime
• [ ] Patterns in offending
• [ ] Patterns in victimisation
• [ ] Chivalry thesis
• [ ] Double standards
• [ ] Liberation thesis
• [ ] Masculinity and crime
Ethnicity and Crime
• [ ] Official statistics
• [ ] Neo-Marxist explanations
• [ ] Hall et al. and policing the crisis
• [ ] Institutional racism
• [ ] Stop and search
• [ ] Ethnicity and victimisation
Age and Crime
• [ ] Youth crime patterns
• [ ] Youth subcultures
• [ ] Media representations of youth
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Crime and Deviance
Functionalist Theories
• [ ] Durkheim: functions of crime
• [ ] Durkheim: anomie
• [ ] Merton: strain theory
• [ ] Cohen: status frustration
• [ ] Cloward and Ohlin: illegitimate opportunity structures
• [ ] Functionalist evaluations
Marxist Theories
• [ ] Criminogenic capitalism
• [ ] Selective law enforcement
• [ ] Ideological functions of crime
• [ ] Gordon
• [ ] Chambliss
• [ ] Snider
• [ ] Neo-Marxism (Taylor et al.)
• [ ] Marxist evaluations
Interactionism
• [ ] Becker: labelling theory
• [ ] Cicourel
• [ ] Lemert: primary and secondary deviance
• [ ] Deviant careers
• [ ] Moral panics
• [ ] Cohen's folk devils
• [ ] Interactionist evaluations
Realism
Left Realism
• [ ] Relative deprivation
• [ ] Marginalisation
• [ ] Subcultures
• [ ] Lea and Young
• [ ] Square of Crime
• [ ] Left realist solutions
• [ ] Evaluation
Right Realism
• [ ] Wilson and Herrnstein
• [ ] Rational choice theory
1
, • [ ] Biological explanations
• [ ] Murray and the underclass
• [ ] Broken windows theory
• [ ] Situational crime prevention
• [ ] Evaluation
Feminist Theories
• [ ] Liberal feminism
• [ ] Radical feminism
• [ ] Marxist feminism
• [ ] Heidensohn
• [ ] Carlen
• [ ] Gender and victimisation
• [ ] Feminist evaluations
Crime, Deviance and Social Groups
Social Class and Crime
• [ ] Official statistics
• [ ] Working-class crime explanations
• [ ] White-collar crime
• [ ] Corporate crime
• [ ] Class bias in the criminal justice system
Gender and Crime
• [ ] Patterns in offending
• [ ] Patterns in victimisation
• [ ] Chivalry thesis
• [ ] Double standards
• [ ] Liberation thesis
• [ ] Masculinity and crime
Ethnicity and Crime
• [ ] Official statistics
• [ ] Neo-Marxist explanations
• [ ] Hall et al. and policing the crisis
• [ ] Institutional racism
• [ ] Stop and search
• [ ] Ethnicity and victimisation
Age and Crime
• [ ] Youth crime patterns
• [ ] Youth subcultures
• [ ] Media representations of youth
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