4.1

Question 1

Name 4 biological theories relating to policy change

Answer 1

Drug treatments-heroin and methadone
Eugenics-sterilisation
Diet control
Alcohol abuse - Antabuse

Question 2

Give a brief description methadone heroin treatments

Answer 2

Heroin addiction often leads addicts to commit crime. Methadone is used to treat addicts as a long term alternative.

Question 3

Give 3 positives to methadone

Answer 3

• it is legal
• it helps to prevent withdrawal symptoms
• it also helps to reduce crime due to the lessened amount of heroin users

Question 4

A disadvantage of methadone

Answer 4

• People may refuse to take the methadone
• People state it is just “replacing one drug for another”
• People using it might become tolerant or reliant on methadone

Question 5

Briefly describe compulsory sterilisation

Answer 5

Eugenics state that “genetically unfit” people should be prevented from breeding. Favouring policies that led them to favour the sterilisation of the “defectives” - such as criminals and those with medical illnesses.

Question 6

Describe the advantages of compulsory sterilisation

Answer 6

• a strength of compulsory sterilisation is that it causes social improvement which reduces crime

Question 7

Describe the disadvantages of compulsory sterilisation

Answer 7

• A weakness of this theory is that it is unethical and discriminatory

Question 8

Briefly describe the diet modification control theory

Answer 8

Diet can be modified to change antisocial behaviour. For example, vitamin B3 has been used to treat some forms of schizophrenia, a disorder commonly associated with violent behaviour.