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WJEC CRIMINOLOGY YEA R 2
UNIT 4 EXAM WITH COM PLETE
SOLUTIONS
Question : What Are External Forms Of Social Control?
(1)
Correct Answer: Within Society We Have External
Pressures That Persuade Us To Conform To The Rules.§for Example, If We Do Not Do Our Homework, Teachers May Give Us A Detention. Can We Think Of Any Other Examples? - Parents Grounding Us Or Taking Away Phones. -boss Firing Us Because We Are Always Late. -police Presence Makes Society Act A Certain Way These Are Examples Of External Social Control.
Question : What Are External Forms Of Social Control?
(2)
Correct Answer: External Social Control In Society Is
Mostly Implemented By Organisations That Ensure Conformity To The Laws - Police, Judges, Government.
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The Mere Presence Of The Police Is Enough To Make Most People Behave. Under Pace The Police Have Powers For Detention And Interview. If You Are Charged, Further External Organisations May Become Involved. Such As?...courts And Even Prisons! These External Organisations Use Coercion And Fear Of Punishment As Ways To Make People Abide The Law.
Question : What Does Coercion Mean?
Correct Answer: Coercion (The Use Of Force) May Be
Physical Or Non-Violent.
Question : How Can It Be Physical Or Non-Violent?
Correct Answer: Physical Coercion May Take The Form
Of Bodily Injury, Imprisonment And In Some Countries The Death Penalty. Non-Violent Coercion Could Be A Fine Or A Criminal Record.
Question : How Is Prison An Example Of Coercion In
Society?
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Correct Answer: Prisons Clearly Use Coercion And The
Threat Of Loss Of Liberty (Freedom). This Can Be Seen In A Suspended Sentence With The Continued Threat Of Custody For Future Breaking Of The Law.
Question : Why Do We Want A Fear Of Punishment In
Society?
Correct Answer: The Use Of Punishment As A Threat
To Stop People From Offending Is Called Deterrence.
Question : Explain 2 Ways Society Has Implemented
General Deterrence.
Correct Answer: 'mandatory Minimums' - A Life
Sentence For Murder.'three Strikes And You're Out' - A Third Conviction For A Violent Crime Results In A Life Sentence (Usa).
Question : Explain Whether This Relates To Left Or
Right Realism.
Correct Answer:
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Question : What Is Capital Punishment?
Correct Answer: Death Penalty Or Capital Punishment
Is The Practice Of Executing Someone As Punishment For A Specific Crime After A Full Legal Trial. It Is Usually Only Used As A Punishment For Particularly Serious Types Of Crime, Such As Murder.
Question : How Do The Uk, Ireland And Usa View The
Death Penalty?
Correct Answer: The Uk Abolished The Death Penalty
In 1965, Ireland In 1973 And 30 States In The Usa Still Have The Death Penalty.
Question : Explain Your View On The Death Penalty.
Correct Answer:
Question : Create A Table And Write The Statements
Under 'For' Or 'Against' Justifying What It Means And Why You Have Put It In That Column.
Correct Answer: An Eye For An Eye. Closure For
Victims. Deterrence. Execution Of The Innocent.