Alcohol, Drugs and Society

Lecture notes (including some interesting video links) from the prolific Robert Keel that look at various aspects of drug use and abuse. Although the evidential focus is on American society there's enough sociological interpretation / analysis here to make this a useful general site for A-level teachers.

Life of Crime

Although this BBC Archive dates from the turn of the century (2001 to be precise) it might have some historic and / or comparative value for areas like "Yob Culture" (a technical term, presumably), Cyber and Organised crime. Features a mix of text, graphics and (ancient) video, for which you'll need a media player such as VLC or  Quicktime.

Crime and Deviance

PowerPoints

A number of short Presentations that provide a simple introduction to the following:

State Crime and Human Rights

Corporate Crime

White-Collar Crime

Green Crime

Cybercrime

BBC Thinking Allowed Archive

Large number of podcasts / radio broadcasts  on a range of crime and deviance related topics - from the issue of CCTV in schools to various aspects of white-collar crime.

Broken Windows Bundle

The article, by Wilson and Kelling, that started a revolution (or at least quite a bit of animated discussion and a whole slew of "crime initiatives" grouped loosely under the Broken Brand), a contemporary (2015) defence of Broken Windows policing by it's original author (Kelling) and the architect of New York's "Zero Tolerance" policing (Bratton) and a 2016 critique "How A Theory Of Crime And Policing Was Born, And Went Terribly Wrong". You can top this all off with some more-detailed Note Packs:

Broken Windows Revisited 1: Strengths and Weaknesses

Broken Windows Revisited 2: Social Disorder and Crime

Broken Windows Revisited 3: Proactive Policing

British Journal of Criminology

Basically a site for teachers who want to keep up-to-date with the latest developments in criminology. Lots of current articles to view - many of which can be downloaded for free (but it's a bit pot-luck as to which they are...).

Critical Criminology

Wide range of text and video resources gathered under the general rubric of a "critical perspective" that includes green criminology, restorative justice and victimology.

Deviance and Social Control

Not sure if this site is being updated anymore (it's a few years old) but it contains a range of lecture notes and resources (such as statistics) on a number of different aspects of deviance and social control.

Cultural Criminology

This nice-looking site from the University of Kent brings together a range of resources (texts, research papers, videos...) under the general heading of cultural criminology - and while I'm not altogether sure what this means it all looks very interesting and is probably explained somewhere on the site. Possibly.

White-Collar Crime

A pdf copy of Weisburg and Waring's 2001 book that looks at a range of different aspects of white-collar crime.

Gender and Crime

Similar to the above (and from the same source) but with an emphasis on Gender. And Crime, obviously.

Crime Causation

Large US legal site with an extensive encyclopaedia of all things crime and criminal - including this section on sociological theories of crime and deviance. Lots of linked information on strain, labelling, control and the like.

Crime Maps

An interactive map of crime in England, Northern Ireland and Wales. Just type in a postcode and prepare to be amazed. Or underwhelmed. One of the two. Probably.

Criminology

Slightly odd site format that consists of a series of "lectures" / slides you can download in pdf format. The site seems to date from around 2005.

Football Hooliganism

Everything you may have wanted to know - and even more you probably didn't - about football hooliganism. In Words and Pictures. And all presented in a very attractive and accessible way.

Secured by Design

Although this is just a police information site it does contain a lot of potentially useful information about the latest initiatives for things like target hardening, "designing out crime" initiatives and the like.

Crime Prevention

UK government web site that has a range of  articles about various types of crime prevention initiatives. Mainly useful for keeping up-to-date with the ever-changing crime prevention scene.

SociologySaviour

One of the things about Wordpress Blogs is that even when they're no-longer being updated - as this one surely is not - they still persist in some kind of netherworld suspended animation. This as it turns out, is quite useful if you want some more than half-decent Notes about a wide range of crime-related areas (there are also Notes on Beliefs in Society, Research Methods and Sociological Theory if you're prepared to negotiate the weird and not-very-wonderful menu system).

Victorian Crime and Punishment

Take a (digital) stroll down the 19th century to learn about various forms of crime and punishment in Victorian Britain.

Rational Choice Theory

Short Blog post outlining the key features of this pioneering and influential New Right theory of crime., plus a simple PowerPoint Presentation that covers the key points of RCT.

Right Realism

Wikipedia article covering as many aspects of Right Realism as any sane individual might reasonably want to know. And then some.