A comprehensive lesson sequence covering victimology, suitable for AQA A-level Sociology.
The lessons cover:
- The meaning and development of victimology
- Patterns of victimisation according to class, gender, ethnicity and age
- Repeat victimisation and factors that increase the risk of becoming a victim
- Positivist victimology
- Victim proneness, victim precipitation and the problem of victim blaming
- Critical victimology, including structural factors and the role of state power
- The hierarchy of victimisation and why some victims receive more recognition than others
- The impact of crime on victims, including fear, financial loss and secondary victimisation
- The strengths and limitations of different approaches to studying victims
Students are supported in understanding key sociologists and concepts, interpreting evidence, applying perspectives to contemporary examples, and evaluating how victimisation is defined, measured and socially constructed.
These lessons are ideal for teaching victimology for the first time, consolidating learning, or supporting revision and exam preparation.
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A complete AQA A-level Sociology Crime and Deviance teaching bundle, covering the entire unit across four organised topics. The bundle includes: * Sociological theories – Functionalism, strain and subcultural theories, Interactionism, Marxism, neo-Marxism, and Left and Right Realism * Social distribution of crime – gender and ethnicity * Contemporary crime – media representations, moral panics, globalisation, cybercrime, green crime and state crime * Crime control and punishment – crime prevention, surveillance, punishment and victimology Students are supported in developing detailed knowledge of key sociologists and concepts, applying theories to contemporary examples, comparing perspectives and building strong evaluation skills. Ideal for complete course delivery, revision, exam preparation or supporting non-specialist teachers.
Crime and Deviance Topic 4: Crime control, surveillance, prevention and punishment
A comprehensive Topic 4 lesson bundle covering crime prevention, surveillance, punishment and victimology, suitable for AQA A-level Sociology. The crime-prevention lessons cover: * Situational, environmental, social and community crime prevention * Clarke’s rational-choice approach and crime displacement * Wilson and Kelling’s broken windows theory * Zero-tolerance policing and strategies designed to tackle the causes of crime The surveillance lessons cover: * CCTV, facial recognition, digital monitoring and data collection * Foucault’s disciplinary power and Bentham’s Panopticon * Mathiesen’s synopticon and Bauman’s liquid surveillance * Feeley and Simon’s actuarial justice * Privacy, civil liberties, social sorting and unequal targeting The punishment lessons cover: * Retribution, deterrence, rehabilitation, incapacitation and reparation * Functionalist and Marxist perspectives on punishment * Rusche and Kirchheimer’s economic explanation * Foucault’s distinction between sovereign and disciplinary power * Garland’s culture of control * Prisons, community sentences and restorative justice The victimology lessons cover: * Patterns and risks of victimisation * Positivist and critical victimology * Victim proneness, victim precipitation and victim blaming * Mawby and Walklate’s structural powerlessness * Christie’s ideal victim and the hierarchy of victimisation * The impact of crime and secondary victimisation Students are supported in developing detailed knowledge of key sociologists and concepts, applying theories to contemporary examples, comparing different approaches, and evaluating their strengths and limitations. This complete Topic 4 bundle is ideal for first teaching, consolidating learning, or supporting revision and exam preparation.
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