Official June 2026 AQA A-LEVEL SOCIOLOGY 7192/3 Paper 3 Crime and Deviance with Theory and Methods Merged Question Paper + Mark Scheme (34pages)

A-level SOCIOLOGY Paper 3 Crime and Deviance with Theory and Methods Tuesday 11 June 2026 Afternoon Time allowed: 2 hours Materials You will need no other materials. Instructions • Use black ink or black ball-point pen. • Fill in the boxes at the top of this page. • Answer all questions. • You must answer the questions in the spaces provided. Do not write outside the box around each page or on blank pages. • If you need extra space for your answer(s), use the lined pages at the end of this book. Write the question number against your answer(s). • Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do not want to be marked. Information • The marks for questions are shown in brackets. • The maximum mark for this paper is 80. • Questions carrying 10 marks or more should be answered in continuous prose. In these questions you will be marked on your ability to: − use good English − organise information clearly − use specialist vocabulary where appropriate. Please write clearly in block capitals. Centre number Candidate number Surname Forename(s) Candidate signature I declare this is my own work. 2 *02* IB/M/Jun24/7192/3 Do not write outside the box 4 Crime and Deviance Answer all questions. 0 1 Outline two reasons why punishment may not be effective in controlling crime. [4 marks] Extra space 3 *03* Turn over ► IB/M/Jun24/7192/3 Do not write outside the box 6 0 2 Outline three reasons for ethnic differences in patterns of crime. [6 marks] Extra space 4 *04* IB/M/Jun24/7192/3 Do not write outside the 0 3 Read box Item A below and answer the question that follows. Item A Informal social control involves restricting people to their role expectations. Formal social control includes the criminal justice system deciding on punishments for those who break the law. Social control may explain gender differences in patterns of crime. Applying material from Item A, analyse two ways that social control may explain gender differences in patterns of crime. [10 marks]