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A-level
SOCIOLOGY
Paper 3 Crime and Deviance with Theory and Methods
Friday 12 June 2026 Afternoon Time allowed: 2 hours
Materials
For Examiner’s Use
You will need no other materials.
Question Mark
Instructions
1
• Use black ink or black ball-point pen.
• Fill in the boxes at the top of this page. 2
• Answer all questions. 3
• You must answer the questions in the spaces provided. Do not write outside 4
the box around each page or on blank pages.
• If you need extra space for your answer(s), use the lined pages at the end of 5
this book. Write the question number against your answer(s). 6
• Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do not want to be
marked. TOTAL
Information
• The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
• The maximum mark for this paper is 80.
• Questions carrying 10 marks or more should be answered in continuous prose.
In these questions you will be marked on your ability to:
− use good English
− organise information clearly
− use specialist vocabulary where appropriate.
, 2
Do not write
outside the
Crime and Deviance box
Answer all questions.
0 1 Outline two reasons why young people may become victims of crime.
[4 marks]
Extra space
4
, 3
Do not write
outside the
0 2 Outline three reasons why white-collar crimes may not appear in official statistics. box
[6 marks]
Extra space
6
, 4
Do not write
outside the
0 3 Read Item A below and answer the question that follows. box
Item A
Some crime prevention strategies focus on deterrence through stricter law enforcement
policies. Other crime prevention strategies focus on addressing social inequalities.
Crime prevention strategies may contribute to differences in crime rates between
ethnic groups.
Applying material from Item A, analyse two ways in which crime prevention strategies
may contribute to differences in crime rates between ethnic groups.
[10 marks]
Centre number Candidate number
Surname
Forename(s)
Candidate signature
I declare this is my own work.
A-level
SOCIOLOGY
Paper 3 Crime and Deviance with Theory and Methods
Friday 12 June 2026 Afternoon Time allowed: 2 hours
Materials
For Examiner’s Use
You will need no other materials.
Question Mark
Instructions
1
• Use black ink or black ball-point pen.
• Fill in the boxes at the top of this page. 2
• Answer all questions. 3
• You must answer the questions in the spaces provided. Do not write outside 4
the box around each page or on blank pages.
• If you need extra space for your answer(s), use the lined pages at the end of 5
this book. Write the question number against your answer(s). 6
• Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do not want to be
marked. TOTAL
Information
• The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
• The maximum mark for this paper is 80.
• Questions carrying 10 marks or more should be answered in continuous prose.
In these questions you will be marked on your ability to:
− use good English
− organise information clearly
− use specialist vocabulary where appropriate.
, 2
Do not write
outside the
Crime and Deviance box
Answer all questions.
0 1 Outline two reasons why young people may become victims of crime.
[4 marks]
Extra space
4
, 3
Do not write
outside the
0 2 Outline three reasons why white-collar crimes may not appear in official statistics. box
[6 marks]
Extra space
6
, 4
Do not write
outside the
0 3 Read Item A below and answer the question that follows. box
Item A
Some crime prevention strategies focus on deterrence through stricter law enforcement
policies. Other crime prevention strategies focus on addressing social inequalities.
Crime prevention strategies may contribute to differences in crime rates between
ethnic groups.
Applying material from Item A, analyse two ways in which crime prevention strategies
may contribute to differences in crime rates between ethnic groups.
[10 marks]
