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 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 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.

The definitions of all concepts are outline before exploring why it is important for sociology to be value free, whether it is possible for sociology to be value free, the myth of value freedom, followed by dealing with values in sociological research and whether value freedom is desirable outlined by various perspectives.

This is a table which include a brief comparative summary on the following theories on society: • Functionalism on society • Marxism and Neo-Marxism on society • Weber on society • Interactionism on society • Feminism on society • Postmodernism on society

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 worksheet includes definitions of both concepts , how policy if formulated before examining the influence of social policy on sociology, followed by the influence of sociology on social policy and selective use of sociology to justify policy. The perspectives of functionalism, Marxism, feminism, Weber and postmodernism is briefly examined in regards to what they think about social policy too.

This worksheet covers the Marxist and Neo-Marxist theory on society for A Level Sociology. It includes theories by Marx, Gramsci and Althusser as well as overall assumptions and applications for the perspective. Overall evaluation of Marxism 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 Feminist theory on society for A Level Sociology. It includes theories by put forward by Liberal feminists, Marxist or socialist feminists, radical feminists, postmodernist feminists and black feminists. Overall evaluation is also included as well as the feminist view on research methods. This worksheet can be used to teach form or for students to revise from.

This worksheet covers Postmodernist theory on society for A Level Sociology. It includes theories by put forward by Lyotard and Baudrillard as well as the main assumptions put forward by the perspective. Overall evaluation is also included and the Postmodernist view on research methods. 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.

This worksheet covers the reasons for the growth of religious groups and movements for the Beliefs in Society topic in A Level Sociology. It includes theories by postmodernism, practical reasons by Heelas, relative deprivation, secularisation, marginalisation and status frustration and finally globalisation and the media. It also has empty boxes under each theory so the students can think and write whether the explanation applies mostly to women, the middle class, young people, or all three groups.

This worksheet covers New Age Movements for the Beliefs in Society topic in A Level Sociology. It includes theories by Bruce and his features of the NAM, Sutcliffe and his characterisation of the New Age and Heelas with individual spirituality.

This worksheet covers ethnicity and religion for the Beliefs in Society topic in A Level Sociology. It includes the different religions practised by minority groups and the reasons why they are more religious than the white UK population including the functionalist view, Bruce’s cultural transition and defence, Bird’s five factors, marginalisation and status frustration, social deprivation and compensation and finally social identity. The reasons as to why young Muslim are more religious are also explored.

This worksheet covers the Feminist theories of religion for the Beliefs in Society topic in A Level Sociology. It includes theories by Armstrong, Davie, Bird, De Beauvoir, El Saadwai and Watson. It also explores whether religion is patriarchal and why women are more religious than men.

This worksheet covers the Interactionist theory of religion for the Beliefs in Society topic in A Level Sociology. It includes theories from Berger’s sacred canopy to Stark and Bainbridge’s religion as a compensator.

This worksheet covers the distinction between ideology and religion for the Beliefs in Society topic in A Level Sociology. It includes definitions of ideology put forward by pluralist theory, Marxism and Neo Marxism and feminist perspectives. It also discusses the distinction between religion and ideology sociologically.