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What is a social construct?

What is a social construct?

A social construct is an idea or category that has meaning because society agrees on it, rather than because it is a fixed fact of nature. Crime is socially constructed because an act becomes criminal when a society creates and enforces a law against it.

1.1.2 Crime as a social construct Lesson

  1. GCSE
  2. /Psychology
  3. /1.1.2 Crime as a social construct

Step-by-step lessons on OCR GCSE Psychology 1.1.2 Crime as a social construct. Each one builds up to exam-style questions. Start with the more concrete topics like memory and development before tackling evaluation-heavy topics like psychological problems and criminal psychology.

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