Tuesday, 4 February 2014

Age homework

Find out about Matza's techniques of neutralisation and how they can apply

Complete the mind map given in class.

Due Wednesday 5th Feb

Statistics from last lesson

•Peak age for offending is between 15-18
•Peak age for males is 18
•Peak age for females is 14
•50% of all crimes are committed by people aged 21 or under
•50% of secondary school aged people admit to committing crime (2002 study)

•22% of 10-25 year olds admitted to committing one of 20 core crimes within the last 12 months with assault and theft being the most common (2006 survey)

Monday, 9 December 2013

Left Realism reading

You need to complete the reading and make detailed notes on Left Realism using both the Browne and Napier Press textbooks.

Use the index to find the relevant page numbers.

This must be completed, with notes and brought to lesson on Tuesday 17th December

Wednesday, 4 December 2013

Postmodernism prep reading

You need to read up on Post-modernist Theory by reading and producing detailed notes on pages 253-258 of Napier Press.

You will not be able to take part in Friday's lesson without completing this work.

Due Friday 6th December

Friday, 8 November 2013

Reading in preparation of Monday lesson (11/11)

Please read and produce hand written notes on Feminists theories of crime and deviance.
You can use Napier Press p100-106
AND
Brown p432- 434

Napier Press is far better!

Wednesday, 19 June 2013

Homework set 19th June

Read the hand out provided in class up to "Merton's internal critique" and create a flashcard on Functionalist theory of society.

Due - ideally Thursday 20th June or Wednesday 3rd July

p.s if you need card please ask.

Tuesday, 18 June 2013

Homework set 17th June


•Read photocopied handout and make notes
•Add any new words to your glossary
•Make flash cards on Positivists and Interpretivists.

Due Thursday 20th June

In you folder so far....(up to 19/06)

So far in your folder you should have
1. Topic list
2. Crime scene
3. Glossary
4. Crime and deviance Venn diagram
5. Colour coded sociology, psychology or biology explanations of crime.
6. Colour coded differences between postivists and interpretivists.
7. Class notes on Functionalist theory and structure of society.

Wednesday, 12 June 2013

Welcome back new Year 13s!!

As mentioned in class today, on this blog you will find a running list of all the work you should have completed and that should be in your folder in this order.  You will also find all homework tasks on here and any other useful bits and bobs I can find so check it often!

Reminders from lesson....
1. You need to get a scrap book and start collecting news stories from this week
2. There are two books you might want to buy these are...

A2 Sociology Napier Press
 ISBN 978-0954007966

A2 Sociology by Ken Brown
ISBN  978-0-7456-4190-4

3.  You need to start making your glossary now.

So far in your folder you should have
1. Topic list
2. Crime scene
3. Glossary

 

ISBN-13:

 978-0954007966

Thursday, 2 May 2013

Interactive revision tools


OYou must create revision tools on your topic to score 10 points

1.Card sort (5)

2.Jigsaw flowchart (4)

3.Dominos (8)

4.Heads and tails (2)

5.Knowledge test (2)

6.If this is the criticism what is the theory? (6)

7.Essay plans for 21 mark question (5 each)

8.Match study to theory (4)

9.Essay intro and conclusions

10.Perfect 21 mark essay (10)

You need to have these ready for Friday 10th May

Thursday, 25 April 2013

Lesson cancelled Friday 26th April

I'm afraid we will have to cancel our lesson tomorrow (Friday 26th April) due to the fact that I am required elsewhere.  Please use the time to continue revision and to ensure that you have completed your reading on realism and action theories.

Please make sure your notes on action theory are with you in lesson on Monday

Thursday, 18 April 2013

Homework Due Wednesday 24th April

Postmodernism and crime and deviance - read and make notes on p434-437 of Browne

Complete table on responses to postmodernism using Napier Press textbook.

Read and annotate (or make notes) on the handout on Action Theory - this must be complete and you must bring it to lesson on Wednesday

Monday, 15 April 2013

Homework Due Thursday 18th April

Using the sheet you were given in class today you need to complete the section on Globalisation (you will need to use the Napier Press books for this) and the sections on the key features of a Postmodernist society (you will need the small AQA revision guide for this).

There are books in the cupboard in SF2.  Please return them when you have finished so others can use them and if you have any copies at home, please return them.

Please please please bring these sheets to lesson on Thursday

Friday, 15 March 2013

Essay due Thursday 21st March

Your improved suicide essay is due on Thursday.  Please make sure that you highlight it in the same way as the one you did in class - see below.  Also remember to bring in your original essay as well.


Highlight
Knowledge – names, studies, key terms
2.Analysis – explanation of knowledge
3.Evaluation – strengths and weaknesses
4.Reference to question
5.Use of Item A

Monday, 18 February 2013

Wednesday, 6 February 2013

Running list of everything you should have in your folder

Here is a list of everything you should have in your folders.  If you are missing anything then get caught up by either using someone else's notes or the Browne textbook.  This will be updated each week so you can keep checking on whether you are up to date and help you catch up if you are absent.  


  1. Definitions of crime and deviance 
  2. Venn Diagram showing criminal and deviant behaviour
  3. Notes of crime as a social construct
  4. Card sort on sociology, biological and psychological theories of crime
  5. Notes of Durkheim's positives of crime
  6. Notes on Merton's strain theory
  7. Modes of adaption match up sheet
  8. Notes on subcultural theories including Miller, Cohen, Cloward and Ohlin
  9. Notes of Marxist theory of crime
  10. Class notes Neo Marxist theory and Subculture Marxist theory including criticisms.
  11.  Essay  -  Assess the usefulness of Marxist theories in explaining crime and deviance in society today.
  12. Notes on Interactionalist theory
  13. Interactionalist fill in the blanks
  14. Feminist theories of crime and deviance note sheet including reasons for less female crime and evaluation of arguments 
  15. Control Theory note sheet
  16. Left Realism note sheet
  17. Chart of scenarios with which you had to explain how the event would have been viewed by a left realist.
  18. Right Realism note sheet
  19. Mindmap of all perspectives studied included link between similar theories and criticisms.
  20. Class notes on crime statistics
  21. Judgement graph on usefulness of different types of crime statistic
  22. Positivist and interprevist views of crime statistics
  23. Facts on age and crime statistics sheet
  24. Sociological crime report on 17 year Billy (completed during work on age and crime)
  25.  Notes of Matza's techniques of neutralisation
  26. Mindmap on why young people stop committing crime as they get older
  27. Fact sheet on ethnicity and crime
  28. Mindmap on explanations of black crime
  29. Personal research on the Stephen Lawrence case and institutional racism.
  30. Fact sheet on gender and crime
  31. Own notes or handout from other students on Chivalry Thesis, assertion of masculinity, sex role, gender socialization, rational choice, control theory and police stereotypes with relation to gender and crime.
  32. Own research and notes on locality and crime (including rural and urban crime)
  33. Worksheet "Crimes of the suites"
  34. Working class and lower working class crime sheet
  35. Exam guidance notes from chief examiner 
  36. Plan for exam question "assess the view that differences in ethnic crime rates are the result of the way in which the criminal justice system operates" and mark scheme for this question.
  37. Homework notes on corporate crime from Browne textbook
  38. Class notes of global crime.
  39. Personal research and handouts from other students on an example of global crime.
  40. Worksheet with examples of global crimes and explanations of how they are global.
  41. Questions on globalisation of crime with photocopied sheet
  42. Essay on ethnicity and crime
  43. Notes from class on media agenda setting and News Values.  Including annotate news story showing news values.  
  44. Notes on Green crime from class including the primary and secondary crime sheet.
  45. Three case studies on Green crime using note recording sheet and web links on the blog. (You need to cover two of these case studies)
  46. Notes on State crimes including research into Pol Pott's Cambodia, Human rights violations and techniques of neutralisation.
  47. Globalisation essay question 21 marks 
  48. Theories recap sheet
  49. Notes on crime prevention 
  50. Code coding sheets on types of punishment and perspective views on punishment 
  51. Note sheets on perspectives views of punishment
  52. Notes of positivist and radical victimology
  53. Mindmap of CAGE victimisation
  54. Notes on criminal justice system
  55. Timed exam answer on views of crime prevention strategies.