The Crime and Deviance Channel - Contemporary Issues

The 2009 AQA A2 Specification (for first examination in 2010) includes a new section that focuses on a range of contemporary issues in Sociology.

The Crime and Devaince Channel will provide a range of Text, PowerPoint, Video and Audio resources covering topics like Globalisation and Crime; the role of the media; state crimes and green crimes to reflect the content of this new section.

These resources will be made avaialble, as part of the periodic updating of the Channel, in September 2009 in time for the first teaching of this area of the AQA Specification.

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Audio: Methods in Context - Victim Studies

Thu 10th December 2009

Applying a research method to crime and deviance.

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Audio: Research Problems

Wed 9th December 2009

James Treadwell and Steve Taylor highlight solutions to research problems in Crime and Deviance.

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PowerPoint: Globalisation and Transnational Crime: Part 1

Fri 12th June 2009

This PowerPoint presentation focuses on examples of conventional forms of crime facilitated by globalisation, including trafficking, counterfeiting and intellectual property rights.

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PowerPoint: Globalisation and Transnational Crime: Part 2

Fri 12th June 2009

This PowerPoint presentation focuses on examples of new forms of crime facilitated by globalisation

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PowerPoint: Organised Crime

Tue 12th May 2009

Two high-quality slides illustrating the difference between Corporate hierachy and "Network* models of organised crime.

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Text: Contemprary Issues

Sat 7th February 2009

This section of the Channel is given-over to issues that are due to appear on the new Specifications for first teaching in 2009 / 2010.

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Text: Globalisation and Crime

Tue 6th April 2010

The text provides examples of different types of transnational crime plus an outline of four different explanatory models.

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Text: Overt Participant Observation

Sat 26th June 2010

The text provides a brief discussion of the general advantages and disadvantages of overt participant observation in the context of Venkatesh's "Gang Leader for a Day"

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Updates: The Role of the Media

Tue 12th May 2009

This Textra (“Text-Extra”) publication combines text and embedded video to provide materials to illustrate aspects of the “Globalisation and Crime” module of the 2009 A2 AQA Specification:

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Video: Exam Bytes: Dave Gilmore (part 1)

Tue 15th December 2009

In part 1 of a 3-part interview, Senior Examiner Dave Gilmore discusses some of the main content changes to the crime and deviance module (with specific reference to Globalisation, Crime and Contemporary Society).

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