AQA Sociology Crime and Deviance- A
level Question & Answers 2024
What is a Crime? - Correct Answers ✅An act which breaks the
criminal laws of society and is punishable by law.
What is Deviance? - Correct Answers ✅Behaviour which is
disproved off by most people in society. As it breaks norms, morals and
values.
What is white collar crime. - Correct Answers ✅Commited in the
courcse of legitmate employment, its a financial abuse of occupational
role. eg. Fraud, insider dealing, tax evasion.
What is corporate crime? - Correct Answers ✅Is when a company
commits a crime.
According to Durkheim why is Crime functional? - Correct Answers
✅'Crime is an intergral part of all healthy societys'. It is inevitable,
because not every one is going to equally commited to the collective
sentiments. However too much crime = dysfunctional society as it
suggests that somthing is wrong in society and needs resolving.
What is Mertons value consensus? - Correct Answers ✅The
expected norms, morals and values in society.
,AQA Sociology Crime and Deviance- A
level Question & Answers 2024
According to merton what are the five ways in which memebers in
society could respond to their goals. - Correct Answers
✅Conformity- accepting society and institutionalised means of
acheiving them.
Innovation- Accepting the goals ( eg- wealth) but rejecting
institutionalised means, and deviating from them.
Ritualism - rejecting the gaols but going along with the institution. Its
deviant because it results from strong socialised to conform to
expected behaviours.
Retreatism - rejecting goals and rejecting the institution. Decent into
alcholism.
Rebellion - Creating a new society against the mainstream.
According to Croall why is White Collar crime difficult to convict. -
Correct Answers ✅White collar crime is morally ambiguous as it's
victimless as its crime aginst business. It's an
indirect offence. Offenders are invisble, Diffiult to blame it on.
Complex, as no one really understands it fully. The public deosn't fear it
What is the new Criminology according to neo Marxists Taylor, Walton,
Young? - Correct Answers ✅Crime takes place when a capitalist
system where some people have a lot of wealth and power, wheras the
fustrated majority don't. These inequalitys are the root of crime.
, AQA Sociology Crime and Deviance- A
level Question & Answers 2024
Define right realism? - Correct Answers ✅The right wing political
perspective, emphases James Q Wilson and emphasing 'zero tolerance'.
Follows Wilsons broken window theory, which argues minor
occurances of crime/deviance escalate within a neighbourhood.
What do right realists argue about crime? - Correct Answers ✅A
lack of disicipline in education and familys lead to increased crime.
Permissive attitudes of self - indulgents and anti - social behaviour.
When the costs of crime out weigh the benfits.
To solves these we must incease the costs of crime, reduce
oppurtunitys for crime, more police prevalent witin communitys. A face
to face relationship between authoritys and communitys, a stress on
preventing crime.
What is Right Reaslism Zero tolerance? - Correct Answers
✅Involves the police strictly clamping down on minor criminal
activities such as littering, begging, graffiti and other forms of antisocial
behaviour. To create an example to the rest of society.
According to Right realist Clark and Coleman 1980 why do people
commit crime? - Correct Answers ✅Argues criminals will engage in
crime if the benefit out weigh the costs. (rational choice theory). Its a
part of human nature.
level Question & Answers 2024
What is a Crime? - Correct Answers ✅An act which breaks the
criminal laws of society and is punishable by law.
What is Deviance? - Correct Answers ✅Behaviour which is
disproved off by most people in society. As it breaks norms, morals and
values.
What is white collar crime. - Correct Answers ✅Commited in the
courcse of legitmate employment, its a financial abuse of occupational
role. eg. Fraud, insider dealing, tax evasion.
What is corporate crime? - Correct Answers ✅Is when a company
commits a crime.
According to Durkheim why is Crime functional? - Correct Answers
✅'Crime is an intergral part of all healthy societys'. It is inevitable,
because not every one is going to equally commited to the collective
sentiments. However too much crime = dysfunctional society as it
suggests that somthing is wrong in society and needs resolving.
What is Mertons value consensus? - Correct Answers ✅The
expected norms, morals and values in society.
,AQA Sociology Crime and Deviance- A
level Question & Answers 2024
According to merton what are the five ways in which memebers in
society could respond to their goals. - Correct Answers
✅Conformity- accepting society and institutionalised means of
acheiving them.
Innovation- Accepting the goals ( eg- wealth) but rejecting
institutionalised means, and deviating from them.
Ritualism - rejecting the gaols but going along with the institution. Its
deviant because it results from strong socialised to conform to
expected behaviours.
Retreatism - rejecting goals and rejecting the institution. Decent into
alcholism.
Rebellion - Creating a new society against the mainstream.
According to Croall why is White Collar crime difficult to convict. -
Correct Answers ✅White collar crime is morally ambiguous as it's
victimless as its crime aginst business. It's an
indirect offence. Offenders are invisble, Diffiult to blame it on.
Complex, as no one really understands it fully. The public deosn't fear it
What is the new Criminology according to neo Marxists Taylor, Walton,
Young? - Correct Answers ✅Crime takes place when a capitalist
system where some people have a lot of wealth and power, wheras the
fustrated majority don't. These inequalitys are the root of crime.
, AQA Sociology Crime and Deviance- A
level Question & Answers 2024
Define right realism? - Correct Answers ✅The right wing political
perspective, emphases James Q Wilson and emphasing 'zero tolerance'.
Follows Wilsons broken window theory, which argues minor
occurances of crime/deviance escalate within a neighbourhood.
What do right realists argue about crime? - Correct Answers ✅A
lack of disicipline in education and familys lead to increased crime.
Permissive attitudes of self - indulgents and anti - social behaviour.
When the costs of crime out weigh the benfits.
To solves these we must incease the costs of crime, reduce
oppurtunitys for crime, more police prevalent witin communitys. A face
to face relationship between authoritys and communitys, a stress on
preventing crime.
What is Right Reaslism Zero tolerance? - Correct Answers
✅Involves the police strictly clamping down on minor criminal
activities such as littering, begging, graffiti and other forms of antisocial
behaviour. To create an example to the rest of society.
According to Right realist Clark and Coleman 1980 why do people
commit crime? - Correct Answers ✅Argues criminals will engage in
crime if the benefit out weigh the costs. (rational choice theory). Its a
part of human nature.
