A* Sociology A Level Crime & Deviance Notes (AQA)

Sociology Crime and Deviance Notes for Active Recall and Space Repitition. Based on AQA A Level specifications. This notes are A* and very effective. It includes the following:

• crime, deviance, social order and social control

• the social distribution of crime and deviance by ethnicity, gender and social class, including recent patterns and trends in crime

• globalisation and crime in contemporary society; the media and crime; green crime; human rights and state crimes

• crime control, surveillance, prevention and punishment, victims, and the role of the criminal justice system and other agencies.

Associated with the following of words: Anomie
Strain theory
Labelling theory
Control theory
Subculture
Social control
Criminal justice system
Media and crime

Theorist include:
Foucault
Durkheim
Merton
Becker
Lea & Young
Young
Sutherland
Hirschi
Cohen
Karl Marx