A-level SOCIOLOGY Paper 3 Crime and Deviance with Theory and Methods

A-level SOCIOLOGY Paper 3 Crime and Deviance with Theory and Methods Tuesday 11 June 2024 Afternoon Time allowed: 2 hours Materials You will need no other materials. Instructions • Use black ink or black ball-point pen. • Fill in the boxes at the top of this page. • Answer all questions. • You must answer the questions in the spaces provided. Do not write outside the box around each page or on blank pages. • If you need extra space for your answer(s), use the lined pages at the end of this book. Write the question number against your answer(s). • Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do not want to be marked. Information • The marks for questions are shown in brackets. • The maximum mark for this paper is 80. • Questions carrying 10 marks or more should be answered in continuous prose. In these questions you will be marked on your ability to:  use good English  organise information clearly  use specialist vocabulary where appropriate. Crime and Deviance Answer all questions. box 0 1 Outline two reasons why punishment may not be effective in controlling crime. [4 marks] Extra space 0 2 Outline three reasons for ethnic differences in patterns of crime. [6 marks] Extra space Turn over ► box Extra space box Turn over ► 0 4 Read Item B below and answer the question that follows. Item B Realists see crime as a real and growing problem for society and highlight the damage crime causes to communities. Left realists argue that the causes of crime are structural and that an unequal society produces feelings of relative deprivation and marginalisation. They argue that one way to tackle crime is to reduce inequalities. However, right realists take the view that crime is caused by rationally self-interested individuals who choose to commit crime. Crime can be reduced by increasing the risks of committing crime. Applying material from Item B and your knowledge, evaluate the contributions of realist explanations of crime. [30 marks]