introduction

Question 1

Basic approach to crime and punishment

Answer 1

an individuals actions are shaped by broad social forces, motives and opportunities

Question 2

what caused crime?

Answer 2

The criminal may be driven to crime by lack of opportunities, or certain behaviour may be stigmatized as ‘crime’

Question 3

What will reduce crime?

Answer 3

Social programs might improve situation so people don’t need to turn to crime

Question 4

sociological imagination

Answer 4

an ability to see one’s situation in context as a whole

Question 5

C. Wright Mills’ definition of sociological imagination

Answer 5

ability to interpret an individual’s experience in a broader social context, and to distinguish individual from social factors.

Question 6

Cultural aspect of individual action

Answer 6

-Shared set of symbols, norms, values and beliefs common to all members of society and often taken for granted by its members.

Question 7

social relationship

Answer 7

the socially defined connection between two or more individuals, which set the terms on which they interact

Question 8

what does it mean by sociology is a social science?

Answer 8

It means that it aims at some kind of systematic reliable, objective knowledge about society, tat is obtained through studies and tests.

Question 9

3 forms of sociological quantitative evidence

Answer 9

• statistics about social groups as a whole(eg. population, mean income,, unemployment rates.
• Obtained by broad-level surveys or measurements of objective factors
• displays general trends in society, and gives a good indication of broad trend.

Question 10

3 forms of sociological qualitative evidence

Answer 10

• cultural beliefs or practices, seen in documents, words, actions, rites etc.
• obtained by direct observation of interactions, or by interviews
• Tells us about the ways society can be seen at the individual level (eg. how interactions take place.)