Sociology - Crime and Deviance - Interactionism and Labelling

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

Activities include:

Shoplifting scenario - discussion
Moral entrpreneurs - who are they?
Draw a stereotypical criminal
Negotiation of justice - courtroom drama role play
Primary and secondary deviance - card sort
Secondary deviance - comic strip
Deviance amplification spiral application - Young’s Hippies and Cohen’s Mods and Rockers
Crime statistics - scenario comparison
Evaluation web
Exam questions and model 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)