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