Criminology WJEC Year one exam with correct
answers
What is social policy? - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔Social policy consists
of guidelines, principles, legislation and activities that affect the living
conditions conducive of human welfare, such as their quality of life.
What causes a change in social policies? - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS....
✔✔Social policies change due to social change. An example of this could be
the feminist movement. The feminist movement caused changes in policy so
that women were able to vote, etc. Another example could be the death
penalty. Policies changed so that the death penalty was no longer available due
to the nature of this punishment.
What are social values, norms and mores? - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS....
✔✔-Social values - rules shared by most in society - respect the elderly.
-Norms - social expectations, they keep deviance in check - mourning colours.
-Mores - good way of behaving - not acceptable to do drugs.
How do difference in culture, place and time affect law marking and changing?
- ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔-Time - views and opinions change over
time or campaigners can promote change and change occurs due knowledge
advancements. E.g. LGBT+ rights and gay marriage.
-Place - the same criminal offences are not necessarily in place throughout the
world or even policed in the same way. E.g. adultery in the Middle East.
-Culture - different cultures view crimes differently, even at the same point in
time. E.g. adultery.
, How have public perceptions of crime changed? - ....🔰VERIFIED
ANSWERS.... ✔✔- Media is more accessible than previously so crime
information is available all of the time.
- Over reporting in the media of some issues and under reporting others.
- The public reporting more crimes.
- Crime does not always attract the same level of 'shame'.
- We have become more accepting of some crime now.
What is the main idea of the biological theories? - ....🔰VERIFIED
ANSWERS.... ✔✔There is a biological difference between criminals and non-
criminals.
What are the biological theories? - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔-
Lombroso - physiological.
- Sheldon - physiological.
- Jacobs XYY - genetic.
- Adoption/twin studies - genetic.
What are the genetic theories? - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔-
Twin/adoption studies.
- Jacobs XYY.
What are the main principles of Jacobs XYY theory? - ....🔰VERIFIED
ANSWERS.... ✔✔Criminality is caused by an extra Y chromosome. This
chromosome produces extra testosterone which causes them to become more
answers
What is social policy? - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔Social policy consists
of guidelines, principles, legislation and activities that affect the living
conditions conducive of human welfare, such as their quality of life.
What causes a change in social policies? - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS....
✔✔Social policies change due to social change. An example of this could be
the feminist movement. The feminist movement caused changes in policy so
that women were able to vote, etc. Another example could be the death
penalty. Policies changed so that the death penalty was no longer available due
to the nature of this punishment.
What are social values, norms and mores? - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS....
✔✔-Social values - rules shared by most in society - respect the elderly.
-Norms - social expectations, they keep deviance in check - mourning colours.
-Mores - good way of behaving - not acceptable to do drugs.
How do difference in culture, place and time affect law marking and changing?
- ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔-Time - views and opinions change over
time or campaigners can promote change and change occurs due knowledge
advancements. E.g. LGBT+ rights and gay marriage.
-Place - the same criminal offences are not necessarily in place throughout the
world or even policed in the same way. E.g. adultery in the Middle East.
-Culture - different cultures view crimes differently, even at the same point in
time. E.g. adultery.
, How have public perceptions of crime changed? - ....🔰VERIFIED
ANSWERS.... ✔✔- Media is more accessible than previously so crime
information is available all of the time.
- Over reporting in the media of some issues and under reporting others.
- The public reporting more crimes.
- Crime does not always attract the same level of 'shame'.
- We have become more accepting of some crime now.
What is the main idea of the biological theories? - ....🔰VERIFIED
ANSWERS.... ✔✔There is a biological difference between criminals and non-
criminals.
What are the biological theories? - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔-
Lombroso - physiological.
- Sheldon - physiological.
- Jacobs XYY - genetic.
- Adoption/twin studies - genetic.
What are the genetic theories? - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔-
Twin/adoption studies.
- Jacobs XYY.
What are the main principles of Jacobs XYY theory? - ....🔰VERIFIED
ANSWERS.... ✔✔Criminality is caused by an extra Y chromosome. This
chromosome produces extra testosterone which causes them to become more
