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WJEC Criminology Unit 2 revision

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AC1.1 Crime as a social construct
What is a social construct 1,
Why is crime a social construct 2,
What does actus reus mean 3
20  cards
AC1.2 Cultural differences in criminality
What is polygamy 1,
What are laws on polygamy in othe...,
What is bigamy 3
14  cards
Case study - legalisation of homosexuality UK
In what year was the wolfenden re...,
What did the report recommend 2,
Which law was created in 1967 3
9  cards
Case study - drug laws in the UK
How did laws around drugs change ...,
What did the 1968 medicines act i...,
What did the 1971 misuse of drugs...
5  cards
Case Study - Gun Laws UK
What did the 1920 firearms act in...,
When were handguns banned in the ...,
How many unregistered firearms do...
3  cards
AC2.1 - Biological theories of criminality
What are physiological theories o...,
Who was cesare lombroso 2,
Explain the atavistic theory of o...
24  cards
AC2.2. - individualistic theories
Summarise social learning theory 1,
Summarise bandura s 1977 bobo dol...,
Strengths of slt 3
10  cards
Functionalist theory of crime
What did durkheim say about crime 1,
What is boundary maintenance 2,
Why can crime be a source of soci...
8  cards
Marxist theory of crime
What is meant by capitalism is cr...,
Why are the proletariat forced to...,
What do marxists believe about ho...
8  cards
Interactionist theory of crime
What do interactionist theories f...,
Summarise becker s labelling theo...,
What is a master status lemert 3
6  cards
Right realism theory of crime
Why do right realists oppose soci...,
Summarise rational choice theory ...,
Summarise broken windows theory w...
7  cards
Left realism theory of crime
What do left realists believe cau...,
Who are the key left realism theo...,
What does young 1997 suggest are ...
6  cards
AC4.1 - Biological theories and policy development
What is capital punishment 1,
What theories contributed to the ...,
Why do some countries have the de...
14  cards
AC4.1 - Individualistic theories informing policy development
What is psychoanalysis therapy an...,
Strengths of psychoanalysis thera...,
Weaknesses of psychoanalysis ther...
6  cards
Sociological theories informing policy development
What is penal populism 1,
Why do parties use penal populism 2,
What theories influenced penal po...
13  cards
AC4.2 - Social changes affecting policy development
What are norms 1,
What are values 2,
What are mores 3
7  cards
AC4.3 - Campaigns affecting policy development
Summarise the domestic violence d...,
Summarise the child sex offenders...,
Summarise the bradford telegraph ...
6  cards

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