This worksheet covers the explanations put forward by feminists and other sociologists to explain gender patterns in crime and deviance for A Level Sociology. It begins by exploring gender patterns for criminalisation, victimisation and representation in the criminal justice system. This is followed by explanations of low female criminality including: chivalry thesis and bias and double standards in the criminal justice system. Later causes of female crime is explored including: physiological explanations, Functionalism’s sex role theory, Heidensohn on patriarchal control, Carlen on class and gender deals and Messerschmidt on masculinity. 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 ethnic patterns in crime and deviance for A Level Sociology. It includes: racism within the criminal justice system, Left Realist explanations, Gilroy on the myth of black criminality, Hall on policing the crisis and also explores theories by Bowling and Philips as well as Alexander to explore Asian criminality. 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 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.

This worksheet covers the explanations put forward by sociologists to explain state crimes and human rights violations committed by governments as part of the crime and deviance topic for A Level Sociology. It begins by outlining what state crimes are followed by four types that can emerge. The definition of state crimes are explored including: Green’s view, Michalowski on zemiology, labelling theory, the view of international law and human rights. This is followed by explanations to understand state crime including: Adorno’s authoritarian personality, Hamilton’s features of obedience, Bauman on state crimes in modernity and Marxism on the capitalist state.

This worksheet covers the explanations put forward by sociologists to understand why official statistics may not always be reliable in our understating of crime and deviance for A Level Sociology. It begins by outlining why crimes may go unrecorded and looks into victimisation and self-report studies to understand some crimes that are under reported. This is followed by a box for students to fill with a list of crimes that may be underrepresented in official statistics like white collar and green crimes. Finally another set of boxes are included for students to apply their knowledge of Marxism, labelling theory, functionalism and feminism, by outlining how these perspectives may approach official statistics.

This worksheet covers the explanations put forward by sociologists to explain social class differences in crime and deviance for A Level Sociology. It includes empty boxes for students to apply their knowledge from Marxism, subcultural theories, labelling theory and left realism. Students are encouraged to use and evaluate these explanations using their knowledge of these theories by applying it to class. This gets them to develop their understanding of the subject, application skills and synoptic links. It also includes Murray’s theory on the underclass and dependency culture leading to crime. 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 globalisation and its impact on crime and deviance for A Level Sociology. It begins by defining what globalisation is before exploring some types of globalised crimes. Later the impact of globalisation is explored through global risk consciousness, Taylor’s globalisation, capitalism and crime, Rothe’s crimes of globalisation, Hobbs’ Glocal organisations and Glenny’s McMafia. 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 white collar crimes within crime and deviance for A Level Sociology. It begins by defining what white collar crimes are before exploring Sutherlands research. It also explores why it is difficult to detect white collar crimes followed by explanations put forward by Strain theory, labelling and Marxism. Boxes are provided for students to evaluate these explanations. This worksheet can be used to teach form or for students to revise from.

This worksheet covers both Strain and Subcultural theories of crime and deviance for A Level Sociology. It includes: Merton’s Strain theory, Cohen on Status Frustration and Reaction Formation, Cloward and Ohlin’s Illegitimate Opportunity Structures and Matza’s Delinquency and Drift theory. Overall evaluation of Strain and Subcultural theories is also included. This worksheet can be used to teach form or for students to revise from.

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 the Functionalist theory on society for A Level Sociology. It includes theories by Durkheim, Parson and Merton as well as overall assumptions and applications for the perspective. Overall evaluation of functionalism is also included. This worksheet can be used to teach form or for students to revise from.

This worksheet covers the Interactionist theory on society for A Level Sociology. It includes theories by Mead, Bulmer and phenomenology as well as overall assumptions and applications for their perspective. Overall evaluation is also included. This worksheet can be used to teach form or for students to revise from.

This worksheet covers Max Weber’s theory on society for A Level Sociology. It includes theories by Weber and Giddens as well as overall assumptions and applications for their perspective. Overall evaluation is also included. This worksheet can be used to teach form or for students to revise from.

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

Worksheet / notes summarising the impact globalisation had on education policy in the UK

Worksheet / notes summarising the Postmodern perspective on education

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

Quiz questions on all topics for Research Methods, including the following: • Methodological perspectives • Choosing s research method • Factors influencing choice of topics • The research process • Linking education to methods in context • Questionnaires • Interviews • Observations • Experiments • Secondary sources of data • Other research methods

This worksheet covers Max Weber’s theory of the protestant ethic which led to the spirt of capitalism in religion for the Beliefs in Society topic in A Level Sociology.

This guide provides a structure to answer the 20 mark AQA essay linking methods in context to education with an example of an exam question