This worksheet covers the Functionalist theory of crime and deviance for A Level Sociology. It includes theories by Durkheim and the inevitability of crime, Cohen’s two additional functions of crime and Merton’s Strain theory. Overall evaluation of functionalism is also included. This worksheet can be used to teach form or for students to revise from.

This worksheet covers a total of 233 quiz questions on theory and methods, each separated to the different topics and perspectives taught. They can be used to test students on each area at the end of the lesson or start of a new one. Alternatively they can be used to examine students at the end of the unit. Quiz questions are written on the following topics: • Methodological perspectives • Choosing a research method • Factors influencing choice of methods • The research process • Linking education to methods in context • Questionnaires • Interviews • Observations • Experiments • Secondary sources of data • Functionalism on society • Marxism on society • Max Weber on society • Symbolic interactionism on society • Feminism on society • Postmodernism on society • Is Sociology a science? • Subjectivity, objectivity and value freedom • The relationship between sociology and social policy

This worksheet includes the definition of science followed by arguments for and against the question. Arguments in favour are put forward by Positivists and Popper, while arguments against by Interpretivism, Popper, Kuhn, feminists and postmodernists are also explored.

This is a comprehensive set of notes that can be used to teach from or for students to revise from. It covers everything in the crime and deviance topics, for AQA, OCR and CAI. There are empty boxes for students to reaffirm their knowledge as well detailed evaluation points and application of theories. Notes are included for the following topics: • Functionalism on crime and deviance • Strain and subcultural theories on crime and deviance • Interactionism / labelling theory on crime and deviance • Marxism on crime and deviance • Neo Marxism on crime and deviance • Left and Right Realism on crime and deviance • Gender and Feminism on crime and deviance • Ethnicity on crime and deviance • Social class differences on crime and deviance • White Collar crimes for Crime and Deviance • Victimology for Crime and Deviance • Official statistics on Crime and Deviance • Globalisation and crime for Crime and Deviance • State crime and human rights violations for Crime and Deviance • Green crimes for Crime and Deviance • Mass media and the social construction of crime for Crime and Deviance • Crime control, prevention and punishment for Crime and Deviance • Functionalism on crime and deviance • Strain and subcultural theories on crime and deviance • Interactionism / labelling theory on crime and deviance • Marxism on crime and deviance • Neo Marxism on crime and deviance • Left and Right Realism on crime and deviance • Gender and Feminism on crime and deviance • Ethnicity on crime and deviance • Social class differences on crime and deviance • White Collar crimes for Crime and Deviance • Victimology for Crime and Deviance • Official statistics on Crime and Deviance • Globalisation and crime for Crime and Deviance • State crime and human rights violations for Crime and Deviance • Green crimes for Crime and Deviance • Mass media and the social construction of crime for Crime and Deviance • Crime control, prevention and punishment for Crime and Deviance

This worksheet covers the Functionalist perspectives on families and households including Parsons and Murdock.

247 quiz questions for Beliefs in society, including the following topics: definitions of religion functionalism marxism neo-marxism max weber interactionaism gender ethicity age religious organisations new religious movements new age movements growth of new religious movements postmodernism religious fundementalism secularisation religion and ideology science and religion

This booklet covers the education unit in the Sociology A Level. It incorporates all the topics in the AQA specification that can come up as exam questions. it is set out as a revision style booklet with spaces for student to comment and write ideas too depending on the topic.

This booklet covers all the research methods topics needed to learn for the Sociology A Level. It also helps to plan and write essay questions on research methods.

This booklet covers the theory and methods unit in the Sociology A Level. It incorporates all the topics in the AQA specification that can come up as exam questions. It is set out as a revision style booklet. The start has empty boxes to recap the research methods topics (see research methods notes sold separately) followed by detailed revision notes for the theory aspect of the course.

This worksheet covers the distinction between religion and science for the Beliefs in Society topic in A Level Sociology. It tries to examine which is ‘better’ or ‘correct’ in the debate for modern societies. It includes theories by Popper on what is science, Kuhn on paradigm shifts and scientific revolutions, Horton on open and closed belief systems and the social influences on science.

This worksheet covers the domestic division of flavour within families and households which involves gender roles and power within the family. It includes functionalist approaches, the march of progress view with symmetrical families, feminist perspectives, cultural and material explanations and same sex couples gender scripts. It also covers a section on resources and decision making within families too.

This worksheet covers the arguments for and against the question of whether the nuclear family is universal. It includes Murdock, New Right, The Nayar, same sex families, lone parent families and communes and religious beliefs.

This worksheet covers family diversity which is occurring in British families and households. It is split into two sections covering modernism on family diversity (Functionalism, New Right, Chester’s Neo Conventional Family and The Rapoports) and postmodernism on family diversity (The Individualisation Thesis, The Connectedness Thesis and Life Cycle Diversity).

This worksheet covers New Right perspectives on families and households including Murray’s dependency culture as well as the ‘solution’ they provide

This worksheet covers interviews used in sociology as part of research methods. It covers structured, semi structured and unstructured interviews

This worksheet covers the Marxist theory of religion for the Beliefs in Society topic in A Level Sociology. It includes theories by Karl Marx including the ‘opium of the people’, Althusser’s ideological state apparatus and Lenin’s spiritual gin conception.

This is a methods in context revision notes covering case studies and longitudinal studies used in sociological research

Worksheet / notes summarising the Interactionist or commonly known as labelling perspective on education policy

Worksheet / notes summarising the impact of privatisation on education policy

Worksheet / notes summarising the Sociology of education policy including the New Right, New Labour and Coalition governments