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What is meant by the "broken windows thesis"?

Proposed by Wilson and Kelling, the Broken Windows Thesis is the theory in Crime and Deviance that crime thrives in areas that appear to already have a substantial amount of crime go unchecked. For example, ...
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Outline and explain two factors that affect the achievement of middle-class pupils in education (10 marks)

One factor is that middle-class parents have more disposable income to spend on educational books and toys from a young age, meaning they can develop cognitive patterns more suited to educational success. Fe...
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How do feminists view inequality

Break it down into different strands to show nuance: liberal - Sharpe, WilkinsonRadical - Greer, FirestoneMarxist - Ansley, BenstonPost modern - Staceyetc.
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What is a functionalists main view on the structure of society and its modernisation

functionalists would argue that the structure of society comes from a notion of organic analogy that all parts of society work together as a body would, if one element (organ) fails then so should/will the o...
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Describe how the three different types of capital Bourdieu identifies can give middle class students an advantage at school

Bourdieu identified three types of capital: economic, social and cultural. Each can be seen as a sort of currency for succeeding or progressing in the social world and although he distinguished between them,...
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