- Changing awareness of crime: Types of crime, media and crime, official data on crime, crime prevention and awareness campaigns (Year 1 Controlled Assessment).
- Criminological theories: Theories of criminality from biology, psychology and sociology (Year 1 Exam).
- Crime scene to courtroom: The criminal justice system from investigation to verdict, personnel and techniques involved in criminal investigations and courtroom procedures. (Year 2 Controlled Assessment).
- Crime and punishment: Law-making, criminal justice, forms and functions of punishment. (Year 2 Exam).
What are lessons like in this subject?
In Criminology lessons, students participate in a variety of learning activities as they progress through the course. Lessons include a range of teaching methods to support students in their learning, including independent research and group discussion and tasks. Students learn how the criminal justice system operates and investigate a number of case studies of crimes in society. For the controlled assessments, students carry out extensive independent research and write a detailed report. This includes planning a campaign to raise awareness of crime in the first year and studying the process of crime investigation from the crime scene to the courtroom in the second year.
Students maintain a detailed folder of class resources and notes to prepare them both forms of assessment used in this course – report writing and exams. In addition, students can benefit from guest speakers who work in the
field of crime and criminal justice.
What will I study?
What our
students
Criminology is a fantastic subject that helps you understand procedures that are put in place to tackle criminal behaviour and gives an insight to what a career in the criminal justice system would look like. It is examined with both internal and external assessments.
Kiran Khan, Co-op Academy Grange
Criminology
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