WJEC Criminology Unit 2 Exam Prep (New 2024/ 2025 Update) Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct | A Grade
QUESTION
What is
... [Show More] Marxism?
Answer:
Marxism is a social structure theory where the bourgouise are the ruling higher class who commit crimes but they do not get prosecuted or found out about them as much as the proteriacts (disadvantaged social class) do. Maxists also say that capitalism is the route cause of divisions in society.
QUESTION
Marxism Strengths
Answer:
Capitalism encourages competitiveness and therefore competition between social classes- most crimes simply result in class conflicts. Crimes change from society to society depending on the economic base (capitalism). Crime does not come from moral or biological defects but defects within the social structure. It says that proteriacts commit crime because they are poor.
QUESTION
Marxism Weaknesses
Answer:
It does not look at other options for causes of crime it might not be because of capitalism it may be due to other factors. Not all poor people commit crimes, and not all capitalist societies have high rates of crime including Japan and Switzerland. It ignores the relationship betyween crime and other inequalities like gender and ethnicity. An example of this would be honour crime as it is committed as someone brings shame upon the family not because of economically motivated crimes.
QUESTION
Functionalism Theory
Answer:
This is where crime is inevitable in society, it is needed to keep society functioning correctly. It only becomes dysfunctional when crime rates are too high or too low. Crime brings society together like the case of Shannon Matthews as the people of the Moorside estate went out looking for her and held vigils.
QUESTION
Strengths of Functionalism
Answer:
There are shared norms and values by society which keep to the status quo, and everyone in society has to accept their roles in this. Society is integrated, meaning if someone does something wrong the whole of society will be affected by it.
QUESTION
fatal offences against the person
Answer:
murder, manslaughter.
QUESTION
non-fatal offences against the person
Answer:
assault, battery, actual and grievous bodily harm.
QUESTION
offences against property
Answer:
theft, robbery, burglary.
QUESTION
sexual offences
Answer:
rape, indecent assault.
QUESTION
public order offences
Answer:
riot, affray, violent disorder.
QUESTION [Show Less]