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Crime and Deviance Social Stratification Sociological Research Methods

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Q01Easy1 mark

What term is commonly used by sociologists to describe the amount of crime that goes unreported to the police?

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Q02Easy1 mark

What term is commonly used by sociologists to describe the system of law enforcement in the United Kingdom?

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Q03Medium3 marks

Describe one way in which deviance can be seen to be socially constructed.

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Q04Medium3 marks

Identify and describe one example of corporate crime.

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Q05Medium2 marks

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Item A

There are concerns from some social commentators about the relatively high level of youth crime in society.

The Ministry of Justice produced a report entitled 'Youth Justice Statistics: 2018 to 2019', in which they presented the national statistics on recorded criminal behaviour amongst young people (below the age of 18). The report stated that there were 21 700 children either cautioned or sentenced in that time. Of this group:

• 85% were male
• 15% were female
• 73% were White
• 27% were Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic
• 23% were aged 10–14
• 77% were aged 15–17.

Source: Ministry of Justice, 2020

QUESTION:
From Item A, examine one weakness of using government-reported statistics to research youth crime.

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Q01What term is commonly used by sociologists to describe the amount of crime that goes unreported to the police?Easy Q02What term is commonly used by sociologists to describe the system of law enforcement in the United Kingdom?Easy Q03Describe one way in which deviance can be seen to be socially constructed.Medium Q04Identify and describe one example of corporate crime.Medium Q05SOURCE TEXT: Item A There are concerns from some social commentators about the relatively high level of youth crime ...Medium Q06SOURCE TEXT: Item A There are concerns from some social commentators about the relatively high level of youth crime ...Medium Q07Identify and explain one disadvantage of using overt observation to study anti-social behaviour amongst young people.Medium Q08SOURCE TEXT: Item B Carlen was interested in explaining female criminality, and conducted ground-breaking research. ...Medium Q09Identify one disadvantage of using a qualitative method to investigate criminal behaviour and explain how you would d...Medium Q10Discuss how far sociologists would agree that prison is an effective form of social control.Hard Q11Discuss how far sociologists would agree that youth crime can be explained by negative labelling.Hard Q12What term is commonly used by sociologists to describe individuals who lack the resources that are available to most ...Easy Q13What term is commonly used by sociologists to describe a male-dominated society?Easy Q14Describe one example of social stratification.Medium Q15Identify and describe one example of a social group who are more likely to experience poverty.Medium Q16SOURCE TEXT: Item C The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) produced a report on university enrolment by perso...Medium Q17SOURCE TEXT: Item C The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) produced a report on university enrolment by perso...Medium Q18Identify and explain one advantage of using ethnography as a research method to investigate life chances.Medium Q19SOURCE TEXT: Item D Walby believed that the key to understanding patriarchy was to appreciate how ideas of femininit...Medium Q20Identify and explain one way in which social class at birth can influence an individual's future life chances.Medium Q21Discuss how far sociologists would agree that Britain today is a meritocracy.Hard Q22Discuss how far sociologists would agree that the welfare state has been successful in reducing poverty.Hard