- 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 explores many different topics from the causes of crime, to what happens in the court room which allows for engaging discussions in every lesson. The structure of the course allows for a variety of skills to be developed which are useful not only for college but future life.
Pharrell Gordon, The King’s School
Criminology
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