1. WJEC level 3 certificate & Diploma
CRIMINOLOGY
WJEC level 3 certificate & Diploma

2. Welcome to Criminology induction lesson 1
Learning Outcome
To begin to understand: different explanations for the people involved in the riots 2011
Starter: What is a criminal? Can you come up with a definition?
Have you ever broken the law?

3. Working in pairs, brainstorm some ideas of what caused these people to behave the way they did. During the London Riots 2011 UK Riots 2011
15 mins
Printed onto A3 paper so students can brainstorm their ideas around the pictures

4. How do criminologists explain why people commit crime?
Genetic e.g. DNA
Physiological eg. brain dysfunction
Social reaction
Theoretical causes of crime
Learnt behaviour, e.g. family/peers
Social structure
Linking student ideas to criminological ideas
Psychodynamic

5. Situational and personal (dispositional) reasons
Something exciting to do
The opportunity to get free stuff
A chance to get back at police
Group processes
A rapid flow of information
Jobs, prospects and aspirations
Family attitudes and behaviour
A criminal history
Activity:
Working in pairs:
Select any one of the explanations
Write a short paragraph outlining why and how this reason can explain involvement in the riots
10 mins

6. Situational and personal (dispositional) reasons
For example:
Having a criminal history could mean that the individual has a poorly developed set of moral standards. Therefore, being involved in this sort of behaviour (rioting), would not be considered particularly wrong to this person.

7. Working in pairs, look at the data for the UK Riots 2011 and identify 3 trends or patterns in the data. What do you think are the reasons for these patterns.
10 mins
Printed onto A3 paper so students can brainstorm their ideas around the pictures

8. ABOUT THIS COURSE The course is run over two years
Completion of the two-year course will result in students gaining a Diploma in criminology (equivalent to 1 A level)
The year 12 units are as follows:
Unit 1: Changing awareness of crime –Controlled assessment
Unit 2: Criminological theories - Examination
Understanding different types of crime
Understanding how crime reporting affects people’s perception of criminality
Understanding of how campaigns are used to elicit change
Planning a campaign for change
Understanding the difference between crime and deviance
Understanding the theories of criminality (Biological, sociological and psychological)
Understanding the causes of different types of crime
Understanding causes of policy change

9. ASSESSMENT:
This course is assessed by means of 50% controlled assessment and 50% examination
 Controlled Assessment:
 You will complete 2 assessments over the space of 2 years.
 CA1 (Year 12): Changing awareness of crime
 CA2 (Year 13): Crime scene to courtroom
Each controlled assessment will take up to 9 hours and will take place in January of each academic year

10. Unit 2 (taught in year 12): Criminological theories
Examinations:
Unit 2 (taught in year 12): Criminological theories
Unit 4 (taught in year 13):Crime and punishment
 Each examination is 90-minutes and is a total of 75 marks
Each question will have an applied problem-solving scenario
 You will receive marks A* - E for each assessment

11. To bring to your first lesson
Transition project
Pen
Lined paper
Highlighters
Folder

12. STUDENT REQUIREMENTS:
 Items to be bought to every lesson:
Pencil case – pen, pencil, calculator etc
Class notebooks and ring binder
 A memory stick to back up controlled assessments – this will be kept by your teacher.
Attendance:
 The starting point is that you are expected to attend 100% of your classes.
Poor attendance will result in a Post 16 referral. If your attendance falls below 90% you are in danger of failing the course.

13. PRIVATE STUDY
 A vital and integral part of your course is the work you do outside of the classroom. As a rough guide, you should spend for every hour in class, up to an hour outside class on personal study. This should include:
Class work/homework assignments
Reviewing notes made in class
Researching key case studies
Preparing for class tests
Revision
It is your responsibility to get the details of any homework set and completion dates if you miss a class. This will be displayed on ‘Class Charts’.
If you fail to hand in work, you will receive a Post 16 referral. Continued failure to hand in work may result in you being asked to leave the course.   
Extensions may be granted for genuine reasons.

14. WHAT NOW?
Complete your transition/induction task – this will give you a better insight into the subject.
To access your induction tasks go to the school website and click on ‘Post 16’ you should see ‘Induction Task’ in the drop down menu.
Alternatively go to the W Drive and find the folder called ‘Sociology & Psychology’. In this folder you will find a Criminology folder that contains this PowerPoint and the induction task.
Make sure you are on Twitter
Follow the instruction on the W:\SOCIOLOGY & PSYCHOLOGY to add the Social Science resources gdrive to you own drive. New to the school? – me for the tasks –

15. Summer homework – due in on your first lesson in September
Watch the documentary – London Riots 2011 [Our crime] .Warning – actual footage contains some swearing.
Research a case study of an individual convicted of rioting behaviour (could include burglary or looting offences)
How to do this ...
Research information and gather facts about crime committed, sentence etc. See if you can add pictures or quotes
Mount onto A4 paper with bullet points explaining why you think this person got involved.