AQA A-LEVEL SOCIOLOGY WHOLE UNIT SUMMARY NOTES - CRIME & DEVIANCE

**Crime & Deviance

Designed to support secure understanding, effective revision, and confident exam performance.
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Includes:

• Topic Checklist
• Glossary of Key Terms
• Glossary of Names
• Detailed summary notes on:
• Sociological Theories of Crime (Functionalism, Subcultural Theories, Marxism, Neo-Marxism, Interactionism/Labelling, Left Realism, Right Realism.
• Pattrerns of Offending (class, gender, ethnicity, age)
• The Media and Crime
• Globalisation, green crime, state crime, Cyber Crime
• Surveillance, punishment, control and victimology
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  Supports the development of extended essays that include both explanation and critical analysis.

Each section includes core AO1 sociological concepts and AO3 ideas, supporting students in developing analytical responses and deepening their understanding.
Ideal for use in lessons, targeted revision, essay scaffolding, and building and summarising complex topics.**