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August 1984 5-a-day

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August 1984

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  1. 1st August 1984What is meant by prison acting as a 'university of crime'?
  2. 2nd August 1984Which report recommended Educational Priority Areas in the UK?
  3. 3rd August 1984What is the title of Willis's study of twelve working-class boys?
  4. 4th August 1984How does forced marriage relate to the wider topic of the family and the state?
  5. 5th August 1984According to Anthony Giddens, what is a 'pure relationship'?
  6. 6th August 1984Which money management system has become increasingly common in Britain, according to Pahl?
  7. 7th August 1984Why might a positivist sociologist prioritise reliability and representativeness over validity?
  8. 8th August 1984What is meant by 'covert' observation?
  9. 9th August 1984A teenager starts dressing and speaking like their friendship group to fit in. Which agency of socialisation is mainly responsible?
  10. 10th August 1984Who was Oxana Malaya, and what did her case show?
  11. 11th August 1984Give one example of a 'disabling barrier' under the social model, other than an inaccessible building.
  12. 12th August 1984What is meant by a 'meritocratic' society?
  13. 13th August 1984State one formal agency of social control and one power it holds.
  14. 14th August 1984What term do interactionists use for people or groups with the power to create new rules about what counts as deviant?
  15. 15th August 1984What term describes an offender being convicted of a further offence after release from prison?
  16. 16th August 1984What is compensatory education?
  17. 17th August 1984What does Lacey mean by polarisation?
  18. 18th August 1984How might feminists explain forced marriage?
  19. 19th August 1984What did the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 change?
  20. 20th August 1984What is the difference between 'management' and 'control' of household money?
  21. 21st August 1984What is meant by 'validity' in sociological research?
  22. 22nd August 1984Give one ethical advantage of overt observation over covert observation.
  23. 23rd August 1984Why might sociologists say that socialisation never really stops?
  24. 24th August 1984Give one type of evidence, other than feral children, that sociologists could use to support a nurture-based explanation of behaviour.
  25. 25th August 1984What is the medical model of disability?
  26. 26th August 1984Define intragenerational mobility.
  27. 27th August 1984What is meant by 'formal social control'?
  28. 28th August 1984What is 'secondary deviance'?
  29. 29th August 1984Give one practical factor, beyond theory, that can limit rehabilitation in prison.
  30. 30th August 1984What is the Pupil Premium?
  31. 31st August 1984What is the difference between streaming and setting?