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 Theory and Methods 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:
• Summary of sociological theory on society
• Functionalism on society
• Marxism and Neo-Marxism on society
• Weber on society
• Interactionism on society
• Feminism on society
• Postmodernism on society
• Is Sociology a science?
• Should Sociology be live up to subjectivity, objectivity or value freedom?
• The relationship between Sociology and Social Policy
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 Neo-Marxist theory of crime and deviance for A Level Sociology. It includes theories by Taylor, Watson and Young on new criminology and Hall on policing the crisis. Overall evaluation of each Sociologist is also included. This worksheet can be used to teach form or for students to revise from.
Quiz questions on all topics for Education, including the following:
Education policy
Impact of privatisation on education
Impact of education policy on social groups
Globalisation and education
Functionalism
New Right perspectives
Marxism
Interactionism (labelling theory)
Postmodernism
Social class and achievement
Ethnicity and achievement
Gender and achievement
Gender and subject choice
This worksheet covers the Realist approaches to crime and deviance for A Level Sociology. It begins by exploring what Realist sociology is before separating into Right and Left Realist approaches on crime and deviance. Right Realism includes the causes of crime and it solutions as well as application to policy passed by Conservative governments. Left Realism includes the causes of crime and it solutions as well as application to policy passed by Labour governments. Overall detailed evaluation is also provided of each perspective. This worksheet can be used to teach form or for students to revise from.
This worksheet covers the explanations put forward by sociologists to understand the study of victimology within crime and deviance for A Level Sociology. It begins by defining what victimology is before exploring patterns of victimisation among gender, ethnicity and social class. Later explanations from positivism and critical criminology is explored to further understand victimology. These approaches are also evaluated in detail. This worksheet can be used to teach form or for students to revise from.
This worksheet covers a total of 233 quiz questions on crime and deviance, 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 topics include:
Functionalism
Strain and subcultural theories
Interactionism and labelling theory
Marxism and Neo-Marxism
Realist approaches
Gender
Ethnicity
White collar crimes and social class and crime
Victimology
Official statistics and crime
Globalisation and crime
State crime and human rights abuse
Green crime
Mass media and the social construction of crime
Crime control, prevention and punishment
Quiz questions on all topics for Fmailies and Households, including the following:
Key definitions
Functionalism on the Family
New Right perspectives on the family
Marxism on the Family
Feminism on the family
The Personal Life Perspective (PLP)
Has the family lost its functions?
Is the family universal?
Families and social policy
Marriage and cohabitation
Divorce
Alternative Families
Family Diversity
The domestic division of labour
The darker side of the family
Social construction of childhood
Has the position of children improved?
Demography
Migration and globalisation of the family
Birth rate and family size
Death
Ageing population
This worksheet covers the future of childhood and questions regarding whether childhood is disappearing, whether it has improved and whether we have a more child centred approach today. It covers the march of progress view, toxic childhood, the conflict approach, the disappearance of childhood approach and childhood in postmodernity.
This worksheet covers the definition for demography, migration, immigration and globalisation. It also outlines the impact of migration and globalisation in the UK as part of the families and households topic in A Level Sociology. This worksheet can also be used for the impact ethnicity had on families and households.
This worksheet can be used as a cover page to thoery, explaining the difference between structural and social action perspectives, as well as conflict and consensus appraches.
This worksheet covers Interactionism / labelling theory on crime and deviance for A Level Sociology. It includes: Becker’s social construction of crime, Lemert’s primary and secondary labelling, Young’s effects of labelling and Goffman’s deviance within institutions. Overall evaluation is included for each Sociologist. This worksheet can be used to teach form or for students to revise from.
This worksheet covers the explanations put forward by sociologists to explain green crime patterns in crime and deviance for A Level Sociology. It begins by comparing green criminology to conventional laws, before exploring the two views on harm. This is followed by theories put forward by sociologists including: Beck on global risk society, South on the types of green crime and finally the consequence of toxic waste dumping. Overall detailed evaluation is also provided of each perspective. This worksheet can be used to teach form or for students to revise from.
This worksheet covers the explanations put forward by sociologists to explain crime control, prevention and punishment for crime and deviance in A Level Sociology. It includes: the types of punishment, functionalist perspectives on punishment and Marxism on punishment. This is followed by crime prevention and control theories put forward by Left Realism (social and community crime prevention), Right Realism (situational crime prevention and increasing social control), environmental crime prevention and Foucault on surveillance. Overall detailed evaluation is also provided of each perspective. This worksheet can be used to teach form or for students to revise from.