A-Level Sociology Crime and Deviance Research Project (2025)
This my very simply ‘research’ project task for summer timetable 2018. I’m experimenting with going back to a very open ended project!
Crime and Deviance
crime
Applying material from Item C and your knowledge, evaluate the view that conflict approaches are more useful than consensus approaches to our understanding of society (20)
How to get full marks for a 20 mark theory essay in A-level sociology
A level sociology exam practice, A-levels, Exams and revision advice
Evaluate the usefulness of functionalist approaches in understanding crime and deviance (30)
This is an example of a 25/30 answer to the above question, as marked by the AQA. In the pictures
Analyse two ways in which deviant subcultures may respond to the difficulties of achieving mainstream goals (10)
Below is an example of an abbreviated (by me) marked response to a 10 mark ‘analyse with the item question’
Contemporary Sociology, Crime and Deviance
Contemporary Sociology: The Parsons Green Tube Bomber
The Tube Bomber: A “Duty” to Hate Britain? The case of Ahmed Hassan, the 18 year old Iraqi asylum seeker
Crime and Deviance
Why has Police Recorded Crime Doubled in Three Years?
The number of violent crimes and sex offences recorded by police in England and Wales have more than doubled in
Contemporary sociology: how should we tackle the increase in knife crime?
knife crime in London seems to be increasing rapidly, but how would left and right realists tackle this? Or is this all just a moral panic?
Contemporary Sociology: The poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal by the Russian State
The recent ‘russian spy poisoning’ is relevant to many areas of the A-level sociology specification, such as state-crime, globalisation and even consensus and conflict theory.
Domestic Abuse Trends England and Wales to 2022.
6.9% of women and 3.5% of men were victims of domestic abuse in England and Wales in 2022.
A level sociology exam practice, A-levels, Exams and revision advice
Analyse two reasons why men might commit more crime than women (10)
This is a possible ’10 mark with item question’ question which might come up on the AQA’s A level sociology