A-Level Crime & Deviance Revision SOC

This complete set of A-Level Sociology revision cards covers the entire Crime and Deviance topic in a clear, concise and student-friendly format. Designed to support AQA A-Level Sociology, these revision cards break down complex theories into manageable, exam-ready content.
What is included?

This resource covers all key perspectives and contemporary issues, including:
Functionalism
Emile Durkheim – inevitability of crime, anomie, positive functions of crime
Robert K. Merton – strain theory and the five responses
Albert K. Cohen – status frustration and subcultures
Cloward and Ohlin – three subcultures
Miller – focal concerns
Interactionism and Labelling Theory
Howard Becker – deviance as a social construct
Edwin Lemert – primary and secondary deviance
Stanley Cohen – moral panics and folk devils
Erving Goffman – total institutions
Reintegrative and disintegrative shaming
Marxism and Neo-Marxism
Criminogenic capitalism
Law making and ruling class power
White collar and corporate crime
Stuart Hall – policing crisis and moral panic
Paul Gilroy – myth of black criminality
Realism
Left Realism – relative deprivation, marginalisation and subculture
Right Realism – broken windows theory and rational choice
Gender and Crime
Frances Heidensohn – patriarchal control
Chivalry thesis debate
Masculinity and crime
Ethnicity and Crime
Stop and search
Institutional racism
Self report and victim studies
The Macpherson Report
Media and Crime
News values
Moral panics
Deviance amplification spiral
Cultural criminology
Green Crime and State Crime
Environmental harm
Corporate responsibility
Human rights and zemiology
Globalisation and Crime
Cybercrime
Transnational organised crime
Global risk society

Why this resource?
Clear, simplified explanations of complex theories
Key sociologists clearly linked to concepts
Includes evaluation points for 10 and 30 mark essays
Ideal for revision, homework, independent study or lesson starters
Perfect for Year 12 and Year 13 students
These revision cards help students strengthen AO1 knowledge, develop AO3 evaluation, make clear theory to question links and revise efficiently before exams.