Advanced
Higher Modern Studies
Module
6.1 – Crime and Public Disorder in the UK Part 1
What is crime? Causes of crime – deprivation, subculture. peer pressure,
socialisation.
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6.2 – Crime and Public Disorder in the UK Part 2
Relationship between crime rates and location, social class, poverty,
and unemployment. Types of crime.
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6.3 – Research Methods Part 1
Quantitative and qualitative data. Methods of observation – advantages
and disadvantages. Structured and unstructured interviews. Official
statistics – analysis and interpretation.
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6.4 – Research Methods Part 2
Dissertation – planning, research and final draft.
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6.5 – Responses to Crime and Public Disorder in the UK
Role of the Police, approaches to policing. Responses of Government
to issues concerning law and order. Policies of main parties
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6.6 – The Penal System
Main theories of deterrence, punishment and rehabilitation. Effectiveness
of penal system in UK. Alternatives to prison sentences. Arguments
for and against reform of penal system in UK, comparison with USA.
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