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WJEC Level 3 Criminology Unit 1 – Changing Awareness of Crime | Controlled Assessment Notes

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WJEC Level 3 Criminology Unit 1 – Changing Awareness of Crime | Complete Typed Notes for Controlled Assessment These comprehensive WJEC Level 3 Criminology Unit 1 notes cover the content for Changing Awareness of Crime and are designed to support students preparing for their Unit 1 controlled assessment. The notes are fully typed, clearly organised and easy to navigate, making them useful for both learning the content and revising before completing the assessment. WHAT’S INCLUDED: * Complete Unit 1 notes (besides 3.1,2,3) * Content covering Changing Awareness of Crime * Key terminology and important concepts * Detailed explanations of the topics covered throughout Unit 1 * Information organised into clear sections * Typed notes for easy reading and revision * Content structured around the WJEC Level 3 Criminology course * Useful revision material for preparing for the controlled assessment IDEAL FOR: * Students currently studying WJEC Level 3 Criminology * Students preparing for the Unit 1 controlled assessment * Revision and consolidation of Unit 1 content * Students who want their notes organised in one place * Reviewing key concepts and terminology before assessments WHY USE THESE NOTES? Instead of having to go through lots of different class notes and resources, these notes provide the Unit 1 content in one organised set of typed notes. They can be used alongside your lessons and other revision resources to help you review the specification and make sure you understand the key areas of the unit.

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AC 1.1: ANALYSE
DIFFERENT Moral crime
Crimes that go against morals of society
TYPES OF CRIME Examples: selling drugs, incest,
prostitution, etc.
White collar crime
Case studies: Patrick Stuebing and Susan
Crimes committed by people with power Karolewski (Sexual intercourse between
and influence siblings Incest)
Examples: Defrauding customers, Tax Victims: it is hard to identify victims in
evasion moral crimes because both sides can be
Case studies: Enron (2001)- abusing of classed as victims.
mark-to-market accounting, special purpose Offenders: often same people as victims,
entities, and poor financial reporting – were but often it is clear such as dealers, etc.
able to hide billions of dollars in debt from
failed deals and projects. 63.4 billion Criminality: it can be both deviant and
dollars. criminal however some cultures may view
deviant moral crimes as the ‘norm’ in their
victims: Consumers, taxpayers who pay society such as polygamy.
their taxes, employees of companies that
break health, Member of public Public awareness: victims do not often
report this because they want to keep a ‘low
Offenders: People with power and profile’ such as drug dealers AND drug
authority such as company directors and users.
managers, other professionals such as such
as accountants, lawyers, doctors.
Criminality: criminal and deviant and can
cause great harm. WCC frequently involves Technological crimes
a betrayal of trust, such as when lawyers
swindle their clients or doctors abuse their -crimes committed online, internet,
patients. anything on ict. These are also known as
PUBLIC AWARNESS- Victims often cybercrimes.
don't report Wc crime because they often Examples: identity theft, cyber trespassing,
don’t know they have been a victim. Media publishing or viewing child pornography.
coverage of white-collar crime is very
limited Victims: anyone who uses the internet,
young people, elderly, women.

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