Sociology Paper 3

2017

4- Two reasons for ethnic differences in offending

6- Three functions of crime

10- Analyse two ways in which deviant subcultures may respond to the difficulties of achieving mainstream goals 

30- Evaluate sociology contributions to crime prevention strategies 

2018:

4- Outline two ways in which gender may influence the risk of being a victim of crime.

6- Outline three criticisms of the labelling theory of crime and deviance

10- Applying material from Item A, analyse two reasons for social class differences in official crime statistics.

30- Applying material from Item B and your knowledge, evaluate sociological contributions to our understanding of the relationship between crime and the media.

2019-

4- Outline two reasons why deviant subcultures exist

6- Outline three reasons why victims may not report crimes

10- Applying material from Item A, analyse two reasons why crime reduction strategies may not always be successful.

30- Applying material from Item B and your knowledge, evaluate sociological explanations of levels of female offending.

2020-

4- Outline two ways in which media representations of crime may not reflect reality

6- Outline three functions of the criminal justice system

10- Applying material from Item A, analyse two ways that globalisation may influence crime in the UK.

30- Applying material from Item B and your knowledge, evaluate sociological explanations of the relationship between social class and offending.

2021-

4- Outline two ways that the nature of capitalism may cause people to commit crime

6- Outline three reasons for gender differences in levels of recorded crime

10- Applying material from Item A, analyse two ways that the media may contribute to an increase in crime

30- Applying material from Item B and your knowledge, evaluate the view that differences in crime rates between ethnic groups are mainly the result of the way the criminal justice system operates.

2022-

4- Outline two problems in measuring green crime

6-

10-

30- Functionalist explanations of crime