Defining and Measuring Crime and Deviance
Social construction, law, norms, official statistics, victim surveys and self-report studies.
How to study GCSE Sociology
Define the concept, compare perspectives, use study or source evidence, evaluate method and reach a substantiated conclusion.
Core concepts
Concept 1
Crime is legally defined while deviance concerns contested social norms.
Exam cue: Identify the scope and evidence that control the defining and measuring crime and deviance decision before selecting a rule or method.
Concept 2
Each crime measure captures a different part of offending, reporting and recording.
Exam cue: Connect crime is legally defined while deviance concerns contested social norms. with each crime measure captures a different part of offending, reporting and recording. and test the conclusion against apparent changes may reflect behaviour, law, reporting, enforcement or classification..
Concept 3
Apparent changes may reflect behaviour, law, reporting, enforcement or classification.
Risk pitfalls and guardrails
Applying a neighbouring topic or route rule without checking whether it belongs to Defining and Measuring Crime and Deviance.
Guardrail: Check the current official source, route and assessment boundary before relying on a memorised rule.
Memorising a label or number without being able to interpret evidence, explain the boundary or apply the method.
Guardrail: Check the current official source, route and assessment boundary before relying on a memorised rule.
Memory anchors
Defining and Measuring Crime and Deviance
Social construction, law, norms, official statistics, victim surveys and self-report studies.
Defining and Measuring Crime and Deviance: core principle
Crime is legally defined while deviance concerns contested social norms.
Defining and Measuring Crime and Deviance: application
Each crime measure captures a different part of offending, reporting and recording.
Defining and Measuring Crime and Deviance: evidence check
Apparent changes may reflect behaviour, law, reporting, enforcement or classification.
Checkpoint rule
Do the check-up only after you can summarize each concept in one sentence and identify one dangerous pitfall from memory.
Knowledge Check (after reading)
Short check-up to confirm understanding of this module.
Check-up Questions
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Move forward only after this module is stable.
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