2. Learn how sociological explanations of
crime may be useful to understand the
causes of crime.
3. Seeks to understand how structures
within society can influence human
behaviour.
To examine assumptions about routine
and behaviour
To explain social problems such as
crime.
4. Is an organised study of human groups in
society and social institutions.
For example, the family, the education
system and work and the economy
Is one of a group of disciplines within
social science. However, sociology runs
into problems that are avoided by the
natural sciences.
5. include the study of institutions or
routines that are familiar to many, but
through the discipline they are re-
examined using a sociological mind set.
look how society was in the past and how
it has changed and compare societies
which have different types of behaviour.
6. naturalist assumptions. A naturalistic
assumption would be that human behaviour
is innate or biological.
This assumption is untrue, as human biology
doesn’t change between societies but
behaviour does.
Human beings are socialised through the
institutions in their society.
Human behaviour is determined by society
