Starter:What makes a criminal? For a criminal Create your own recipe for a criminal. What makes someone one? You must your baking terms such as “a pinch of, stir in some, a dash of, sprinkle some…”
Crime & Punishment Causes of Crime
Lesson Objectives: To recap categories of crime and examples of. To acquire a knowledge of some of the causes of crime. To consider whether these ought to be considered mitigating circumstances when a person is facing sentencing.
Environmental Social psychological Inside write: Human/ Psychological causes e.g. jealousy, anger, mental illness Social and Environmental On the outside- E.G. Poverty, class Human reasons- psychological - drug and alcohol abuse violence in the home mental disturbance emotional stress lack of education Poverty Add your own examples…..
Exam question Give three reasons why some people break the law. Explain each (3 marks)
Peer assessment Candidates may include some of the following points: Social reasons, e.g. join in with gang or peer pressure / environmental reasons, e.g. poverty, deprived home background, parents criminals / psychological reasons / greed /selfishness / drug addiction / ignorance / disagree with the law / lack of education /boredom, etc Allow one mark for each of three reasons.
Homework Using the newspapers, find crime related stories- work out the causes of the crime -Environmental -Social -Psychological