Skip to content

Course home

x
Sign up
x

Crime, deviance, norms and values

Crime, deviance, norms and values

2 by 2 grid showing legal versus illegal behaviour and socially accepted versus socially disapproved behaviour, with examples in each quadrant

Crime means breaking criminal law, while deviance means breaking the norms of a group and attracting disapproval. Some acts, such as burglary, are both criminal and deviant, but the two ideas are not identical.

Crime and deviance Lesson

  1. A Level
  2. /Sociology
  3. /Crime and deviance

Step-by-step lessons on Eduqas A Level Sociology Crime and deviance. Each one builds up to exam-style questions. Build a strong grasp of the core sociological perspectives (functionalism, Marxism, feminism, interactionism) early, since they underpin evaluation across every topic and exam question.

Lessons