Another sociology blog that's better than mine...

Here  good revision resources on this page for the Youth Crime unit AS

Age and Inequality

Some stuff to watch and read...

Government challenged on fuel poverty- video and article

Ageist stereotypes in media - 1  and  2

Old bag sacked from BBC - here, then Rowan Atkinson says that's fine by him, primarily due to the fact he is not an old bag himself.

Nicholas Parsons, a man who is around 900 years old (making him quite young in terms of Radio 4 audience demographics) and not very funny (making him very funny in terms of Radio 4 comedy) says TV should employ more 900 year old men - here.

If you think old men should not be allowed to wear skimpy swimwear and massive medallions,
 then you are a foul ageist bigot! 

Different explanations of changes in the class structure.

Mentioned in the syllabus for A2, you should know more about this:

Booklet here!

More Racism!

Five Live survey suggests ethnic minority applicants still discriminated against in UK job market

'Shocking' racism in jobs market

The only black faces at the BBC are in the canteen, says McGovern

Senior MPs call for Met Police racism investigation  2

The Poverty Site

This site monitors what is happening to poverty and social exclusion in the UK. The material is organised around 100 statistical indicators covering all aspects of the subject, from income and work to health and education.

Poverty.org 

Look at the links on the left of their pages for graphs and info on gender/ethnicity/age related to inequality etc.

Strain Theory

Some sources of info on Strain Theory, as requested:

1   2   3   4   5  6   7

Gender and Crime

As requested, here are some extra bits and bobs about female crime, explanations for and the extent of. There's an interesting thing here made by students, for example, there's also some new resources on the studentshared area on school server.