Sociology - Crime and Deviance - Functionalism

A lesson on the Functionalist perspective on Crime and Deviance for A-level Year 13 students on the AQA Specification

Activities include:

Discussion about the positive outcomes of crime and deviance
Debate - is there such as a thing as a criminal act?
Writing a news article and headline - framing a key ‘criminal’ event from a functionalist perspective
Drawing a picture of ‘utopia’
Evaluation of functionalism
Exam questions and example answer

(Lesson follows a ‘Be more chef’ model - the lesson takes cooking as an analogy for the starter, main and plenary. The ‘Be more chef’ concept pushes students to go beyond the recipe at the end of the lesson, and strive towards additional independent study)