(AQA) A2 Sociology *SCLY3 + SCLY4* | 2016 Official Thread

Official stats show that recorded crime is not evenly distributed between geographical areas as it is higher in urban areas than rural areas.

That rural areas have less crime than urban areas because people are more close knit, in urban areas there are more opportunities for crime, but it could also be argued that urban areas have a greater police presence so there are more crimes recorded there, unlike rural ares where because they are close knit, they are more likely to issue warnings for delinquents or visit their parents or school etc.

Locality includes the chicago schools study (Shaw and McKay) of the zonal hypothesis; which is about the zone of transition (the area with the most amount of crime) which occurs right outside the central business zone has the highest amount of crime and they 3 factors that explain the crime and deviance social disorganisation, cultural transmission and differential association.

This a quick and basic outline of it, you can pm me if you want more info on it.

for media the predictions are
representations of sexuality
representations of gender
representations of age
globalisation
news values
social construction of news

for the other two topics the predictions are on the first page of this thread

Could news values be a 18 or 33 marker?

What will?

Locality? Could you summarise what that is? Might add that the the list of predictions if it's a possible topic.

we did social construction of news as a 33 marker in class so I think news values would be an 18 marker

Official crime statistics point to most crime being committed in urban areas rather than rural areas although crime in rural areas is increasing due to the unemployment of people in rural areas. People who live in the inner-city are also more likely to be victims of crime.Durkheim (1895) – A Functionalist PerspectiveWhen explaining crime and locality Durkheim referred back to the concept of anomie, Durkheim also claimed that urbanisation came about due to the breakdown of community relationships. Due to the community relationship breaking down anomie is formed because people are no longer sharing the social norms, values and beliefs anymore, the concept of consensus has gone. Durkheim went onto explain that deviance could have come about due to the lack of understanding that members in society has about what is seen to be right and wrong.The Chicago schoolsResearches focused their research on the transition zone; this zone was seen to have lots of deviant behaviour due to the cheap slum-style housing and the lack of community which came from immigration and migrationLack of community = increased crimeCriticismThe idea of the zone transition doesn’t provide explanation for the existence of ‘white-collar’ crime.Shaw and McKay (1942)Shaw and McKay studied social disorganisation and claimed that Chicago and other large cities could be divided into five zones; the centre zone is the central business district. Through use of official statistics Shaw and McKay saw home the second zone, which is ‘the zone of transition’ had the highest amounts of crime, they also saw how the crime rate declines the further one moves away from the centre.All these factors lead to high levels of crime which stems fromsocial disorganisation (anomie).The Zone of Transition– Highly populated – Large turnover in immigrant population– Immigrants become successful and move onto wealthier places and a new wave of immigrants arrive (Expanding on the above point)– Unsettled– Social deprivation – poor run down housing, these conditions are maintained and this leads to stress upon families. = Anomic pressure à CRIME Sutherland – Cultural Transmission TheorySutherland expands on Shaw and McKay’s points further that areas that consist of social disorganisation allows deviant norms and values to be passed onto through generations and criminals becoming role models. All this leads to deviant ways of life becoming acceptable and youths are socialised into these alternative values.It is linked with subcultures

does anyone wanna do group revision? AQA spec.

Hey,
I was just wondering if we are the last year to do this spec... can we still re take one of the A2 exams if they go badly next year and still keep our AS?
Thankyou!

Can someone please help me with fundamentalism - i do not understand it

does any one have a 9 marker or 18 marker on it at all?

Can someone please help me with fundamentalism - i do not understand it

does any one have a 9 marker or 18 marker on it at all?

does anyone wanna do group revision? AQA spec.