Unit 1: Changing Awareness of Crime

What Is Criminology?

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Unit 1 Summary

  • Explore different types of crimes

  • Reasons why certain crimes are unreported

  • The consequences of unreported crimes

  • The role of the media representation on the public perception of crime

  • Campaigns that have changed the awareness of crime

  • The skills and knowledge to plan your own campaign to change awareness of crime.

Unit 1 - Tasters

Understand how crime reporting affects the public perception of criminality.

Unit 1 taster.webm

Types of crime and why some crimes are unreported.

Click on the video for the taster lesson.

Unit 1 Taster Lesson 2.webm

Impact of media representation of crime

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Our resources

The Criminology department develop student work booklets for each unit.

Take a look at one of our unit one student work booklets for part of unit one.


LO1 AC1.1-1.6 booklet