Rachel Byekwaso 207748 Q1. Outline and explain ways in which data about crime is collected Data about crime is collected through official statistics that are mainly based on police records where crime is reported to the police‚ and then the police records it and keep the records to provide measure of trends in different types of crime. Official statistics on crime are published by the Home Office.
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All societies have norms and values; they can be formal or informal‚ mores or folkways. Society also does its best to encourage or enforce what it views as appropriate behavior while discouraging or punishing those that shows negative behavior. At the same time however‚ where there is a "right" way to behave‚ there is also a wrong way. In this case of societal norms‚ the wrong way is considered deviant. Deviance is behavior that violates the standards of conduct or expectations of a society. Although
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SocioBiology & Gender - Thesis of Social Darwinism K.T. CD. - Claims about: Aggression/Promiscuity/Teamwork - Evidence via Animal Research - Critical Review Functionalism & Gender - Emphasis on learning (not biology) - Different sexes assigned Different roles *for society - Agents of Socialization [1) Institution + 2) Individuals] Responsible for teaching us gender. P.A./S.A. Ideal link between them [FOR SOCIETY] ~ Content of Gender Scripts E.X: 1) Babies
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of challenging social norms‚ the picket fences are being torn down left and right. Modern families challenge familial norms by breaking racialized and heteronormative boundaries. Homogamy is the theory that you marry someone “like” you‚ as in someone of a similar race‚ religion‚ class‚ age‚ etc. The rates of homogamy have been historically
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Functionalists maintain that racial and ethnic inequality maintains the dominant group’s status. It provides a large pool of cheap labor. Functionalists acknowledge that discrimination can be dysfunctional. For example‚ racism prevents a society from recognizing or rewarding people who could contribute to society. Conflict theorists see ongoing strife‚ not harmony‚ between dominant and minority groups. Dominant groups try to protect their power and privilege while subordinate groups struggle to
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Asses the contribution of ‘functionalism’ to an understanding of society. Functionalist often use an organic analogy; they say society is like a biological organism. Parsons (1970) identifies three similarities between society and a biological organism. He argues that the organisms such as the human body and society are both self-regulating systems of inter-related‚ interdependent parts that fit together in order to work successfully (for example‚ the education system and the state.) They also
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(Some of the) Key Thinkers: Beliefs in Society NAME CONTRIBUTION CONCEPT Armstrong Feminist: Religion ‘not been particularly good to women…usually male affairs with women relegated to marginal positions’ Barker Making of a Moonie: most members from middle class (link to relative deprivation as appeal of sects/NRMs) Bellah Functionalist: religion in US = ‘Americanism’ + Decline in influence of religious institutions not evidence of secularisation‚ but move to individual belief/practice
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Levels of Sociological Analysis Macrosociology - places the focus on broad features of society. Conflict theory and functionalists use macrosociology. The goal is to examine large scale social forces that influence people. Microsociology - the emphasis is placed on social interaction. The Macrosociological Perspective The Macrosociological Perspective Social structure - the framework of society that was already laid out before you were born. Social structure guides our behavior. People learn certain
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Using the material from item A and elsewhere‚ assess the view that working class children under-achieve because they are culturally deprived (20 marks). Cultural deprivation is the absence of expected and acceptable cultural phenomena in the environment which results in the failure of the individual to communicate and respond in the most appropriate manner within the context of society. There are three main factors that influence the cultural deprivation theory‚ IQ‚ language (elaborated speech
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Using material from Item 2B and elsewhere‚ assess the contribution of functionalist sociologists to our understanding of the family. The functionalist theory is about the idea of different parts of the body‚ the body needs certain parts In order to function which relates to society needing certain parts in order to be a society. In general‚ functionalism is a theory based on consensus which is where people agree on the same norms and values. This is different to Marxism which is a conflict between
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