Debates In Contemporary Society With Crime And Deviance

Reinforce understanding of the content examined in A Level Paper 3: Debates in contemporary society: Globalisation and the digital social world; and Crime and deviance. Packed full of clear topic summaries, knowledge check questions and sample exam-style questions and answers with commentaries, this guide will help students aim for and achieve the highest grades. This Student Guide will help to: - Identify key content for the exams with our concise coverage of topics - Avoid common pitfalls with clear definitions and exam tips throughout - Reinforce learning with bullet-list summaries at the end of each section test knowledge with rapid-fire knowledge check questions and answers - Find out what examiners are looking for with our Question & Answers section

This Study Guide prepares teachers and students for OCR A-Level Sociology Paper 3 by examining in detail the material for Section A (Globalisation & the Digital Social World) and Section B Option 1 (Crime & Deviance). All topics from the OCR Specification are covered along with exam practice, research tips and advice for evaluating in essays.

Exam Board: OCR Level: AS/A-level Subject: Sociology First Teaching: September 2015 First Exam: Summer 2016 Reinforce your understanding throughout the course with our Student Guides. They provide clear topic summaries with sample questions and model answers that will help to improve exam technique to achieve higher grades. Written by experienced authors Steve Chapman, Lesley Connor and Katherine Roberts, this guide covers Component 3: Debates in contemporary society in the OCR A-level Sociology specification H580. It focuses on the compulsory topic Globalisation and the digital and social world and the optional topic Crime and deviance. Content guidance will enable you to: -Follow the OCR specification for these topics for exam tips, knowledge checks and definitions of the key terms you need to know. - Ensure you know and understand the meaning of sociological concepts essential for the entire course. Model questions and answers will enable you to: - Understand the A-level examination and the different sections of the papers for this component. - Compare model answers to find out exactly what examiners are looking for and what skills are required to achieve top band marks.

This book offers a comprehensive introduction to criminological theory and examines how crime and deviance are constructed.

Greenwich Readers is a major new anthology series designed specifically to supplement teaching resources at undergraduate level in the following subject areas: social sciences, humanities, psychology and law. Drawing together a varied and frequently inaccessible range of essential readings and key texts, this ongoing programme has been carefully selected to provide a detailed overview of individual subjects and forms a framework for specific courses. The overall series has been devised to offer a solution to many of the problems students encounter in accessing set course texts, and it is hoped the anthologies will alleviate both pressure on library resources as well as ensuring higher levels of course completion. All volumes benefit from introductory essays and appropriate linking passages, and full textual references are included where available. This collection is one which brings together the key theoretical issues in the sociology of crime and deviance. It combines texts which have an historical importance in the development of criminological theory and more contemporary readings which have utilised and developed these. The anthology provides a critical approach to crime and deviance, alerting the reader to the dangers of thinking too simplistically about these complex social phenomena.

This book explores the role of theory and research in criminology. Adopting a unique and refreshing approach to criminological theory, it focuses on the great debates in criminology from its inception as a field to the present day. It explores the debates that have motivated criminological thought, that have represented turning points in theoretical and empirical trajectories, that have offered mini-paradigm shifts, and that have moved the field forward. Coverage includes: Classical debates, including the work of Lombroso, Durkheim, and Sutherland; Sociological vs. psychological debates in criminology; Control theory and cultural deviance theory; Criminal career and trait-based theory; Theory testing in criminology; Critical theories in criminology; Debates on the state of criminology and criminal justice; Policy issues in criminology. Each chapter explores several key debates, summarizes key points, and offers a discussion of the current empirical status. This book is novel in emphasising the role of debate in criminology and offering an enlightening synthesis of theorists and their perspectives. It is essential reading for students taking courses on criminological theory and teachers of those theories.

Written by experienced teacher Steve Chapman, this Student Guide for Sociology: -Identifies the key content you need to know with a concise summary of topics examined in the A-level specifications -Enables you to measure your understanding with exam tips and knowledge check questions, with answers at the end of the guide -Helps you to improve your exam technique with sample answers to exam-style questions -Develops your independent learning skills with content you can use for further study and research