Sociology and Social Policy

What, if any, influence do sociologists and their studies have on social policies?

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Objectivity, and Value free sociology

Should sociology be studied with objectivity, or is it impossible to look at research from a value free perspective?

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Action Theory

Here is the video in prep for this weeks lesson on Action theories.

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Conflict and POMO sociological theories

Two videos covering Marxism, feminism, and post modern views of globalisation.  Apologies in advance for the length of both but needs must.  If you cannot get through the Conflict one don't worry too much, just make sure you watch the Marxism part (not much of a help as that is the longest part!)

You need to get your heads back into the theories for the 33 marker; it may not be on these but you need to know them.  Bring your notes to class, along with your marked RM exam questions (mark schemes in your Google Drive).

POMO PPT here

Conflict PPT here

No video this week

Hi all,

There will be no video this week in preparation for the lesson.  We have covered the syllabus so far as topics of C&D and will now, over the coming weeks, work intensively on research methods and perspectives (PLEASE NOTE THE NEW SUB-HEADING).  As discussed in class there will be much 'home learning' needed by you in order to be able to have covered everything comprehensively.  There will still be videos to watch in preparation for lessons, as well as videos to enable you to do work outside of the class.

For this weeks lesson: Monday group will be working through a worksheet on researching C&D in order to get our heads back into the methods mindset.  The Friday group will be required to access the work through here or our shared Google Drive folder.  More details to follow.

Stephen

Suicide - Interpretivist perspective

Following from Durkheim and Positivist perspectives of suicide, here we have the Interpretivist approach. Don't forget, we have a mini-mock in class this week.

Sorry to my Monday group for the delay in getting this live - I have had a few technical issues.


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Suicide - Durkheim and Positivist approach

Our penultimate topic based video focuses on our old friend Emile Durkheim and his theory on suicide.  From this spurned a whole positivist approach looking at the societal causes which lead to suicide.  Have a look over your notes on Durkheim from the start of the year to help reinforce your understanding of his ideologies.


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Victimisation

The focus of this weeks short-ish video is victimisation, and how one becomes a 'victim' or not as the case may be.

We have approximately 12 teaching weeks until the the crime and deviance exam on the 18th June. We all need to make a concerted effort to work hard; that starts with me preparing the video and the lesson, and you watching it and bring your notes to the lesson.  12 weeks can be a long time if utilised well, or go really fast if putting things off or not doing the work.


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Crime prevention and punishment

This week we are focusing on how society tries to prevent crime and the punishments given for when they are unable to do this.  Durkheim is prevalent in this discuss so maybe read up on his ideology again to refresh, as well as link the ideas in with previous perspectives covered.

For class, please ensure you have your notes from this weeks video and update the glossary, along with evidence that you have acted upon the feedback I have given on at least 1 of your mock exam papers.

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State Crimes

Are states guilty of crimes on large or small levels?  Here we look at different types of state crimes and why they may be committed, as well as the difficulties faced by sociologists and criminologists in defining if a crime has taken place.

Please ensure that you have your self assessed essay - if you did not collect it then check your emails for a scanned copy and the mark criteria.  We will be looking at these at the start of the next lesson.


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Green Crime

Week 2 of the globalisation of crime topic.  This week we will look at green crimes and those involved in this 'criminal' activity.

I now have access to a student gmail account through the college, and have shared the folder via email with you all (please accept invitation) which holds the PPT's for the blog videos in.  I have also included a link below, but it should now be easier to access the PPT before watching the video.

Please ensure that you have your essays with you for class - any issues accessing videos, PPTs or with the essays I expect you to tell me in advance of the class.

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Globalisation week 1

Over the next three weeks we will look at how globalisation has changed crime, and its impact on society across the globe.  This week is about gaining an understanding for globalisation and the opportunities it opened up to criminal organisations.

Please bring your notes, and your 21 mark answers to class with you.

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Ethnicity and Crime - Victimisation

Nice short video to finish up the ethnicity topic.  This week we look at racial incidents, and how some ethnic groups are more likely than others to be victims.  This ties up everything we have done over the last four weeks or so.

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Ethnicity and Crime - Social constructed view

Following on from last week and looking at how differences in ethnic crime rates may be due to structural differences in society, this week we are looking at the social construct argument.  Are these differences due to labelling, racism, policing and the courts?

Please make notes (I would like us all to try Cornell method again as I feel not enough people are summarising their notes after each session and Cornell allows us to do this as part of the process) and bring along with your file to the lesson.

At the bottom of this page are links to documents and materials you may find useful with regards to the Stephen Lawrence case which I want you to read and understand in preparation for the lesson.


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Summary of MacPherson report on Lawrence case

Timeline of case



Legacy of Lawrence case

Ethnicity and Crime - Structural view

Here is the first video of the year.  We are looking at explanations as to why the crime stats are so high with regards to ethnic minority groups, this week from a society structure viewpoint.

Please bring your file to the class as I will be checking through them all during tasks.

Crime and Deviance MOCK EXAM - Wednesday 14th January @ 1pm (Room TBC - check your emails).

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