Mr Thompson Modern Studies

This episode explores the different ways that the USA has a militaristic, political and economic influence on other countries.

This episode explores the role and powers of the Children's Hearing System

This episode describes the roles and powers of each type of court in Scotland.

This episode explains the impact of crime on wider society.

This episode explains the impact of crime on families and local communities.

This episode explains the impact of crime on victims and perpetrators.

This episode explains the economic causes of crime.

This episode explains some of the social causes of crime.

This episode explains some of the biological causes of crime.

This episode describes the extent of crime in Scotland.

This episode describes the different types of crime committed in Scotland.

This episode explores how UK citizens can influence government decision making by voting, referendums, protesting and pressure groups/trade unions.

This episode covers the various factors that influence voting behaviour in the UK.

This episode explores the key points of different psychological theories of crime.

This episode looks at the statistics and reasons behind the under representation of women and ethnic minorities in the UK Parliament.

This episode explains the disadvantages of First Past the Post

This episode explores the advantages of First Past the Post

This episode looks at the role the House of Lords plays in our democratic systems.

This episode explores the role of MPs in their Constituency

This episode explores the role of MPs inside Parliament.

This episode explains and exemplifies the reasons why some pressure groups are not successful.

This episode exemplifies and explains the success on pressure groups.

This episode explores the influence of different types of media on UK politics.

This episode explains the methods used in Election Campaigns to win votes.

This episode looks at the reasons why people choose not to vote.

This episode looks at the main reasons why people choose to vote in the UK.

This episode explains the opportunities that UK citizens have to participate in Democracy in the UK.

This podcast revises the key concepts in understanding the biological causes of crime.

This episode explores the key political rights that people in the UK have.

This episode focuses on the key role and the powers of the UK Prime Minister

This episode gives the details needed to answer a question on the Reserved Matters that the UK has control over.

The episode will give the Point, Explanation and Examples of 3 features of a Democracy including voting, elections and protesting.