11 mark
What term is commonly used by sociologists to describe the process that can begin after a young person accepts their deviant identity?
Deviant amplification
Deviant career
Deviant control
Deviant location
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Factors Affecting Criminal & Deviant Behaviour: Age (AQA GCSE Sociology): Exam Questions
Exam code: 8192
1 hour12 questions
24 marks
Identify and explain one disadvantage of using a case study to investigate a teenage gang.
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32 marks
Item A
There are concerns from some social commentators about the relatively high level of youth crime in society. The Ministry of Justice produced a report entitled ‘Youth Justice Statistics: 2018 to 2019’, in which they presented the national statistics on recorded criminal behaviour amongst young people (below the age of 18). The report stated that there were 21 700 children either cautioned or sentenced in that time. Of this group:
Source: Ministry of Justice, 2020 |
From Item A, examine one weakness of using government-reported statistics to research youth crime.
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44 marks
Item A
There are concerns from some social commentators about the relatively high level of youth crime in society. The Ministry of Justice produced a report entitled ‘Youth Justice Statistics: 2018 to 2019’, in which they presented the national statistics on recorded criminal behaviour amongst young people (below the age of 18). The report stated that there were 21 700 children either cautioned or sentenced in that time. Of this group:
Source: Ministry of Justice, 2020 |
Identify and explain one factor which may account for the relatively high level of crime that is committed by young people, according to Item A.
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54 marks
Identify and explain one disadvantage of using overt observation to study anti-social behaviour amongst young people.
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64 marks
Identify and explain one ethical issue you may need to consider when investigating anti-social behaviour by teenagers.
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712 marks
Discuss how far sociologists would box agree that criminal behaviour amongst young people is a significant problem in society.
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84 marks
Item A
There are concerns from some social commentators about the relatively high level of youth crime in society.
The Ministry of Justice produced a report entitled ‘Youth Justice Statistics: 2018 to 2019’, in which they presented the national statistics on recorded criminal behaviour amongst young people (below the age of 18). The report stated that there were 21 700 children either cautioned or sentenced in that time. Of this group:
• 85% were male
• 15% were female
• 73% were White
• 27% were Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic
• 23% were aged 10–14
• 77% were aged 15–17.
Source: Ministry of Justice, 2020
Identify and explain one factor which may account for the relatively high level of crime that is committed by young people, according to Item A.
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912 marks
Discuss how far sociologists would agree that youth crime can be explained by negative labelling.
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1012 marks
Discuss how far sociologists agree that the level of youth crime reflects how well parents control their children.
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1112 marks
Discuss how far sociologists would agree that youth crime can be explained by negative labelling.
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124 marks
Item A
Percentage of adult and juvenile offenders in England and Wales who reoffend by age, April to June 2023
Age group | Percentage of offenders who reoffend (%) |
10-14 | 30.3 |
15-17 | 32.0 |
18-20 | 27.7 |
21-24 | 24.8 |
25-29 | 27.2 |
30-34 | 30.3 |
35-39 | 31.7 |
40-44 | 30.6 |
45-49 | 27.1 |
50+ | 17.2 |
Source: Adapted from Ministry of Justice data, 2025
Describe the type of statistics in Item A. Identify the age group most likely to reoffend and explain one factor that may account for this.
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