GCSE Sociology: UNIT 2: Socialisation, Culture and Identity: Crime And Deviance

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8 MARK EXAM QUESTIONS:

CRIME AND DEVIANCE

1. Identify and describe two reasons why women are less likely to commit crime.

2. Identify and describe two reasons why some ethnic minorities are over represented in criminal statistics.

3. Identify and describe two explanations of why young people commit more crime.

4. Identify and describe two explanations of why working class commit more crime.

5. Identify and describe two agencies of social control.

6. Identify and describe two reasons why crime rates might be increasing.

7. Identify and describe two reasons why crimes may not be reported to the police.

8. Identify and describe two reasons why women are less likely to commit crime.

9. Identify and describe two ways that deviance is seen as a relative concept.

10. Identify and describe two ways of dealing with crime.

11. Identify and describe two types of white collar crime.

24 MARK QUESTIONS:

1. " Criminal behaviour is caused by the way people are socialised". Evaluate this claim.

2. " The people most likely to break the law are young men". Evaluate this claim.

3. " The best way of reducing crime is to give criminals longer prison sentences". Evaluate this claim.

4. " The working class commit more crime than the middle class". Evaluate this claim.

5. " All crime would be solved by introducing longer prison sentences". Evaluate this claim.

6. " Criminal statistics give us a valid picture of the amount of crime in society". Evaluate this claim.