A2 SCLY4 Crime and Deviance Sociology Exam June 2014

Is anybody hardly going over research methods and focusing mainly on theories for the 33 marker?

Like I advise everyone-try and go over as much as possible, as research method stuff could very well come up and if it does, it is without a doubt better to have done something on it than nothing at all

Erm we covered crime elimination theory, rational choice and administrative criminology? I don't think that's right...

I'm still very confused on what to write for a question like this "assess the view that quantitative method is the most appropriate for researching society."
Should I explain and evaluate the PERVERT points? What would you include in a question like this?

I know about rational choice, but not about the other two. To be honest, I don't get the impression that it's that important to include EVERY relevant thing-on the mark scheme for one of the lower mark questions, they give a big long list of things that could be included, but say that you do not need to have it all in order to get full marks. I can tell you about the criminal underclass if you'd like (although it's possible you know about it under a different name)

Yeah if you could just tell me a bit about the underclass that would be wonderful!

Murray (1980) argues that there is the emergence of a criminal underclass. This has come into existence because of the welfare state (in his view that is) and it is defined by its culture of dependency. It should be pointed out that these aren't people who need benefits, they're just lazy sods who have it as an alternative to work. His proposal is to cut benefits to these people, thus forcing them to work. Basically, this criminal underclass would much rather commit crime than do an honest day's work. Have you also looked at situational crime prevention (things like CCTV, alarms etc.)? You might have done that under rational choice

I got 68/80 and 118/120 UMS last year, how much do I need for an A* or an A? I really wanted my A* but I literally only have 2 days to revise c&d, science exams are my priority D: Ahhhhhhhhhhhh never been so stressed in my life

Thanks for that, I've added Murray into my notes now, if social crime and class comes up, I'll have to thank you a million times. Also, I've done situational crime prevention but under administrative criminology!

I got a high B last year as well! I really want to keep it

Yeah you would get a B overall because remember SCLY4 is 60% whereas SCLY3 is only 40%. If you get a high A in SCLY4, you could even get an A overall.

Good luck in your exam!

Well my teacher, whenever there's a question like this, gives us this structure (though it doesn't have to be in this order)
Positivist view
Interactionist view
Realist view
Conclusion
PERVERT or PET would go into this though

What would the realists say about research methods?

What does PET stand for?

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Realists basically try to bridge the divide between positivists and interactionists. They will use whatever method that's suitable for what they're researching, be it quantitative or qualitative. They are more likely to use triangulation also

Practical, Ethical, Theoretical

Awww I feel you! It's so annoying I'm aiming for a B in this so it shouldn't be too hard to achieve
Good luck to you too!

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I hate Michael Gove with a passion, that man has no clue! Scrapping January exams when that's what we're used to. I've had to cram soooo much in my head these past two weeks, and think about it, my subjects are history, psychology and sociology which all contain loads of things to memorise and hardly any space between 'em. I feel like giving up tbh but I'm just going to do what I can


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Realists basically try to bridge the divide between positivists and interactionists. They will use whatever method that's suitable for what they're researching, be it quantitative or qualitative. They are more likely to use triangulation also

Practical, Ethical, Theoretical