Lesson 4.3.1.2

4.3.1.2 Social distribution of crime and deviance Quiz: AQA Sociology, Unit 3

20 questions

Written by Revision Ninja · Last reviewed 11 October 2026

In partnership with Revision Ninja

Lesson 4.3.1.2, Social distribution of crime and deviance: 20 multiple choice questions for the AQA Sociology (7192), Unit 3: Crime and Deviance with Theory and Methods, written with Revision Ninja.

Host it live on the board and students join with a game code on their own devices, or revise alone with Free Play. The answers are revealed in the game.

Host this setFree Play

The 20 questions

  1. Which type of survey measures unreported crime by asking households about their experiences?

    • Court records audit
    • Police station census
    • Self-report study
    • Victimisation survey

  2. According to official statistics in England and Wales, which group makes up the majority of convicted offenders?

    • Juvenile females
    • Elderly adults
    • Men
    • Women

  3. At what stage of life does offending typically peak according to the age-crime curve?

    • Middle age
    • Early childhood
    • Late adolescence
    • Late retirement

  4. Which group is statistically most likely to be a victim of violent crime in public?

    • Middle-aged women
    • Young men
    • Elderly men
    • Elderly women

  5. According to Sutherland, white-collar crime is committed by high-status people during what?

    • Political protests
    • Their adolescence
    • Their occupation
    • Their leisure time

  6. Who typically handles white-collar offences rather than criminal courts, leading to under-representation in police data?

    • Regulatory bodies
    • Local councils
    • Crown prosecution
    • Magistrates courts

  7. Compared to white people, ethnic minority groups in England and Wales face higher rates of what police action?

    • Formal cautioning
    • Bail approval
    • Stop and search
    • Civil prosecution

  8. Why must sociologists treat ethnic differences in official crime statistics with caution?

    • Reflects policing biases
    • Excludes serious offences
    • Ignores property crimes
    • Measures victimisation only

  9. What general trend in overall crime has the Crime Survey for England and Wales shown since the mid-1990s?

    • Rapid increase
    • Complete stagnation
    • Long-term fall
    • Constant fluctuation

  10. What key factor do police recorded crime statistics primarily rely on to capture offences?

    • Public reporting
    • Court convictions
    • Forensic evidence
    • Random sampling

  11. Which group is most likely to be a victim of property crime in the UK?

    • Wealthy households
    • Deprived households
    • Rural landowners
    • Suburban families

  12. Which theoretical perspective argues that crime is concentrated among young working-class men in deprived areas?

    • Labelling theory
    • Right Realism
    • Marxism
    • Left Realism

  13. Why is female domestic abuse victimisation under-represented in official recorded crime statistics?

    • Under-reporting
    • Institutional racism
    • Over-policing
    • Police bias

  14. What term describes the unreported and unrecorded crime missing from official statistics?

    • Status frustration
    • Corporate crime
    • Dark figure
    • Primary deviance

  15. Which social class is over-represented in official statistics for street crime convictions?

    • Working class
    • Middle class
    • Ruling class
    • Upper class

  16. Which rapidly growing type of crime poses a major challenge for traditional police recording?

    • Burglary
    • Cybercrime
    • Vehicle theft
    • Vandalism

  17. Interactionists argue that official crime statistics mainly measure which of the following?

    • Police activity
    • Victim numbers
    • Moral panic
    • Actual offending

  18. What term describes the same individual or location suffering multiple crimes over a period?

    • Victim precipitation
    • Secondary victimisation
    • Repeat victimisation
    • Primary deviance

  19. Why are victimisation surveys unreliable for measuring sensitive offences such as sexual assault?

    • Police corruption
    • Sample size
    • Under-disclosure
    • Interviewer bias

  20. What is the sociological study of crime victims and their experiences called?

    • Penology
    • Etiology
    • Victimology
    • Criminology

All AQA Sociology quizzes