AQA Sociology Crime and Deviance- A level June 2025 Exam Questions with Answers
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AQA Sociology Crime and Deviance- A level June
2025 Exam Questions with Answers
What is a Crime? - Answer-An act which breaks the criminal laws of society and is
punishable by law.
What is Deviance? - Answer-Behaviour which is disproved off by most people in society. As
it breaks norms, morals...
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? - Answer✔✔-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? - Answer✔✔-
Argues criminals will engage in crime if the benefit out weigh the costs. (rational choice theory).
Its a part of human nature.
What deos Charles Murray and the new right argue? - Answer✔✔-Argues that the underclass
are particularly insuffieciently intergrated into societys norms and values. The undercalss are
prone to crimes, especially violent, because they failed in education.
According to right realist Ernest van den Haag (1975) why should society be highly socialy
controlled? - Answer✔✔-Adopts a very poor veiw of humanity as willling to cheat to 'get on'
and therefore some groups need to be controlled for their own good. Like durkheim, crime is
functional, however we must advocate tough punishments to prevent uncontrolable levels of
crime.
Cristisms of Right realism? - Answer✔✔-According to Platt and Tackie, they critises this
approach for concentrating and exclusively on working class crime and ignoring the crime of the
powerful.
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