WJEC Criminology Unit 2

Which is a non Court sanction

• Custodial sentences

• Fines

• Discharge

• Conditional Cautions

What are Penalty Notices

• Financial penalties

• Agreement of set of rules and restrictions imposed by courts or police

• Given for offences e.g. shoplifting which you can only receive if 18 or over

• Administered by police and are given for minor offences e.g. graffiti

Norms are the:

• Rules shared by most people in a given culture

• Social expectation that guide behaviour and explain why people act the way they do.

Which of these are Informal sanctions of deviance?

• Telling off

• Shunning

• Labelling behaviour

• All of the above

Which is a Deviant and Criminal behaviour?

• Kill or injury companion animals

• Wearing a suit to swim at the beach

• collecting large amount of newspaper

• Speeding

Where is adultery not against the law?

• UK & other European countries

• United States of America

• Saudi Arabia and Eqypt

Answer explanation

Adultery is the sexual relations between a married person and another, with the exception of their spouse.

It is considered a crime in many States in the USA but only as a misdemeanour (A minor crime)

When was Homosexuality decriminalised?

• 1961

• 1967

• 1976

• 1918

Answer explanation

1961: The Suicide Act

1967: The Sexual Offences Act

1976: Domestic Violence and Matrimonial Proceedings Act

1918: the Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act

Jacob's XYY theory suggest males with extra Y chromosomes are:

• Likely to be less aggressive

• Likely to be more aggressive

• Aggression level is the same

When a male has an extra Y chromosome it is sometimes labelled as:

• Superman syndrome

• Violent male syndrome

• Super male syndrome

• Aggressive male syndrome

Lombroso believed that:

• Criminal behaviour was learnt

• Criminal behaviour was heritable