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Specimen set 1: Paper 3

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Question by question

QTopicMarksAOType
1 Globalisation, the media, green crime and state crime 4AO1=4Outline
2 Crime by ethnicity, gender and social class 6AO1=6Outline
3 Crime control, surveillance, punishment and victims 10AO1=3,AO2=4,AO3=3Analyse
4 Crime, deviance, social order and social control 30AO1=12,AO2=9,AO3=9Essay
5 Research methods: questionnaires, interviews, observation, experiments, documents and official statistics, Positivism, interpretivism and social facts, Primary and secondary data, quantitative and qualitative data 10AO1=5,AO2=3,AO3=2Outline and explain
6 Consensus, conflict, structural and social action theories 20AO1=8,AO2=6,AO3=6Essay

The questions

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Specimen set 1 · Paper 3 · Q1 4 marks AO1=4 Outline globalisation green and state crime
Crime and Deviance 0 1 Outline two ways in which the media give a distorted view of crime. [4 marks]
Specimen set 1 · Paper 3 · Q2 6 marks AO1=6 Outline social distribution of crime
0 2 Outline three reasons why females may be less likely than males to commit crimes. [6 marks]
Specimen set 1 · Paper 3 · Q3 10 marks AO1=3, AO2=4, AO3=3 Analyse crime control and punishment
0 3 Read Item A below and answer the question that follows. Item A Situational crime prevention strategies aim to reduce the opportunity for crime. These strategies assume that the criminal makes a rational decision to commit crime based on perceived risks and benefits. One prevention strategy is to install a burglar alarm to reduce the risk of being burgled. Applying material from Item A, analyse two reasons why situational crime prevention strategies may not be effective in reducing crime. [10 marks]
Specimen set 1 · Paper 3 · Q4 30 marks AO1=12, AO2=9, AO3=9 30-mark essay crime deviance and social control
0 4 Read Item B below and answer the question that follows. Item B Some functionalist sociologists argue that crime and deviance are caused by the inability of some people to gain the rewards of society, for example because of educational underachievement. Those members of society whose opportunities are blocked cannot achieve the goals of society by socially approved means. Applying material from Item B and your knowledge, evaluate the usefulness of functionalist approaches in understanding crime and deviance. [30 marks] Extra space
Specimen set 1 · Paper 3 · Q5 10 marks AO1=5, AO2=3, AO3=2 Outline and explain research methodspositivism and interpretivismprimary and secondary data
0 5 Outline and explain two advantages of using official statistics in sociological research. [10 marks]
Specimen set 1 · Paper 3 · Q6 20 marks AO1=8, AO2=6, AO3=6 20-mark essay sociological theories
0 6 Read Item C below and answer the question that follows. Item C Marxists see society as based on conflict between social classes. Those who own the means of production are able to exploit those who do not and are also able to impose their views on society. However, different Marxists have different views about the nature of capitalist society and about how social change occurs. Applying material from Item C and your knowledge, evaluate the usefulness of Marxist approaches in understanding society. [20 marks]

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