Item A According to some sociologists‚ children in today’s supposedly child-centred society leas lives that are segregated and controlled‚ but childhood was not always like this. For example‚ Aries describes a medieval world in which‚ children were not actually the equals of adults‚ they nevertheless mixed freely with adults in both work and leisure. Little distinction was drawn between adults and children. According to this view‚ however‚ industrialisation brought major changes to the position
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Using material from item A and elsewhere‚ assess sociological views of crime reduction strategies. (21 marks). There are numerous different types of strategies for crime reduction. These include crime prevention tactics which are suitable for whole societies‚ and also forms of punishment which are suitable for individuals. Crime prevention strategies include situational crime prevention‚ environmental crime prevention‚ and social and community crime prevention. Ron Clark describes situational crime
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Item A Sociologists of education have competing theories relating to the role that the education system plays in wider society. Some structural theorists look at education as responding to the needs of society. This may be in terms of the functions it performs and perpetuate society or its role in reproducing inequality. Some sociologists see education as part of a meritocratic society‚ whereas others argue that processes within school such as the hidden curriculum maintain an unequal society.
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Using material from item A and elsewhere‚ assess the view that religion is a force for social change There are two primary views on the issue of whether religion is a force for social change in society. Certain theorists adopt the view that religion is a conservative force‚ maintaining the status quo‚ whereas other theorists have the belief that religion is a force for social change‚ bringing about revolutions in society. With all views‚ the lack of a universal definition of religion remains a
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Using material from the Items and elsewhere‚ assess sociological explanations for inequalities between husbands and wives (24 marks) It is quite evident that there are inequalities between husbands and wives‚ such as the division of domestic labour. However the inequalities do not only include housework and childcare‚ but also emotion work‚ domestic violence and decision making. Some sociologists would argue that the inequalities between husband and wife are beneficial for society. Firstly
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Using material from Item A and elsewhere‚ assess the contribution of functionalism to our understanding of families and households. In this essay‚ with the use of information from Item A and elsewhere‚ I will go into an extent to explain the functionalist view of understanding of the role of families and households. Functionalists believe that society is based on a shared value consensus‚ this is a set of shared norms and values into which society socialises its members‚ This enables society
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Using material from item A and elsewhere‚ assess the value of the right realist approach to crime and deviance (21 marks) While theories such as critical criminology and labelling regard crime as socially constructed‚ realists see crime‚ as a real and growing problem that destroys communities‚ undermines social cohesion and threatens society’s work ethic. The right realist approach to crime has been very influential in the UK‚ the USA and elsewhere. For example its main theorist‚ James Q .Wilson
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‘Using Material From Item A and elsewhere‚ assess the contribution of functionalism to our understanding of families and households’ According to functionalist sociologists‚ the family is a key institution of society. It performs vitals functions for the maintenance of society as a whole and for the benefit of all its individual members‚ for example according to George peter Murdock‚ it provides for the stable satisfaction of the sex drive and thus avoids the social disruption and conflict
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Using materials from the items and elsewhere assess sociological explanations for inequalities between husbands and wives. It is quite evident that there are inequalities between husbands and wives‚ such as the division of domestic labour. However some sociologists would argue that the inequalities between husband and wife are beneficial for society. This essay will set out to assess sociological explanations for inequalities between husbands and wives. Firstly feminists propose that there are
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21 Mark Essay – Using material from Item A and elsewhere‚ assess the usefulness of labelling theory in explaining crime and deviance. Focusing on interactionist approaches such as Becker (1963); labelling theory suggests that deviancy is a social process usually related to power differences but it doesn’t explain the causes of crime. It does however explain why some people or actions are described as deviant‚ and can help in understanding crime and deviance. Becker argues deviance is a behaviour
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