CRIMINOLOGY YR 1 - UNIT 1: CONTROLLED ASSESSMENT PREP
UNIT 1 – CONTROLLED ASSESSMENT CHECKLIST
ASSESSMENT MAIN CONTENT FOR FULL MARKS
CRITERIA
ASSESSMENT ✓ Have you identified the relevant crime ✓ Have you analysed the crime type
CRITERIA 1.1 type? in terms of the following?
CHECKLIST ✓ Have you summarised this crime type?
TYPES OF CRIME: ANALYSE EACH CRIME TYPE BY:
• White collar crime- corporate, • Criminal offence (name type of
professional, organised criminal offence – e.g. online fraud)
• Moral crime- prostitution, illegal drugs, • Typical victim (who is more
begging, vagrancy, underage drinking or susceptible to being a victim: for
ASSESSMENT smoking, illegal gambling, assisted tech crime - vulnerable people,
CRITERIA 1.1 suicide. people unsavvy with technology)
Analyse different • State crime- genocide, war crimes, • Typical offender (who is more likely
types of crime, torture, police brutality, political crimes, to be the offender of this crime, e.g.
public awareness, imprisonment without trial. tech savvy individuals)
criminal/deviant, • Technological crime- identity theft, hate • Level of public awareness (is there
victims and crimes, illegal downloading, cyber- a high/medium/low level of public
offenders, examples trespass, financial crimes, publishing or awareness for this crime? Has public
viewing child pornography. awareness recently changed?,
(4 MARKS) • Individual crime-hate crime, honour public awareness for tech crime is
crime, domestic abuse on the rise)
• Deviant or criminal, or both?
(technological crime is both criminal
and deviant because it violates both
law and social norms)
ASSESSMENT
CRITERIA 1.2
✓ Have you explicitly named the TYPES ✓ Have you explained the specific
OF REASONS crime can go unreported? reasons for not reporting crime?
CHECKLIST
• SOCIAL AND CULTURAL REASONS • Lack of knowledge
crime goes unreported • Complexity
ASSESSMENT • Lack of media interest
CRITERIA 1.2 • Lack of public concern
Explain the reasons • Culture-bound crime
that certain crimes
are unreported • PERSONAL REASONS • Fear
(4 MARKS) crime goes unreported • Shame
• Disinterest
• Not affected
ASSESSMENT
✓ Have you identified and summarised 7 ✓ Have you explained these as either
CRITERIA 1.3
consequences of unreported crime? positive or negative consequences
CHECKLIST with examples?
YOU MUST EXPLAIN ALL 7 • POSITIVE CONSEQUENCES of
CONSEQUENCES OF UNREPORTED unreported crime refer to positive
CRIME changes affected by crime remaining
hidden (e.g. cannabis as an illegal
• Ripple effect activity often unreported for being
ASSESSMENT
CRITERIA 1.3 • Cultural consequences seen as harmless, leading to its
Explain the decriminalisation)
• Decriminalisation
consequence of
unreported crime • Legal change • NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES of
(4 MARKS) • Police prioritisation unreported crime refer to negative
• Cultural change changes caused by crime not being
reported (e.g. domestic abuse not
• Procedural change prioritised by police for being
unreported)
UNIT 1 – CONTROLLED ASSESSMENT CHECKLIST
ASSESSMENT MAIN CONTENT FOR FULL MARKS
CRITERIA
ASSESSMENT ✓ Have you identified the relevant crime ✓ Have you analysed the crime type
CRITERIA 1.1 type? in terms of the following?
CHECKLIST ✓ Have you summarised this crime type?
TYPES OF CRIME: ANALYSE EACH CRIME TYPE BY:
• White collar crime- corporate, • Criminal offence (name type of
professional, organised criminal offence – e.g. online fraud)
• Moral crime- prostitution, illegal drugs, • Typical victim (who is more
begging, vagrancy, underage drinking or susceptible to being a victim: for
ASSESSMENT smoking, illegal gambling, assisted tech crime - vulnerable people,
CRITERIA 1.1 suicide. people unsavvy with technology)
Analyse different • State crime- genocide, war crimes, • Typical offender (who is more likely
types of crime, torture, police brutality, political crimes, to be the offender of this crime, e.g.
public awareness, imprisonment without trial. tech savvy individuals)
criminal/deviant, • Technological crime- identity theft, hate • Level of public awareness (is there
victims and crimes, illegal downloading, cyber- a high/medium/low level of public
offenders, examples trespass, financial crimes, publishing or awareness for this crime? Has public
viewing child pornography. awareness recently changed?,
(4 MARKS) • Individual crime-hate crime, honour public awareness for tech crime is
crime, domestic abuse on the rise)
• Deviant or criminal, or both?
(technological crime is both criminal
and deviant because it violates both
law and social norms)
ASSESSMENT
CRITERIA 1.2
✓ Have you explicitly named the TYPES ✓ Have you explained the specific
OF REASONS crime can go unreported? reasons for not reporting crime?
CHECKLIST
• SOCIAL AND CULTURAL REASONS • Lack of knowledge
crime goes unreported • Complexity
ASSESSMENT • Lack of media interest
CRITERIA 1.2 • Lack of public concern
Explain the reasons • Culture-bound crime
that certain crimes
are unreported • PERSONAL REASONS • Fear
(4 MARKS) crime goes unreported • Shame
• Disinterest
• Not affected
ASSESSMENT
✓ Have you identified and summarised 7 ✓ Have you explained these as either
CRITERIA 1.3
consequences of unreported crime? positive or negative consequences
CHECKLIST with examples?
YOU MUST EXPLAIN ALL 7 • POSITIVE CONSEQUENCES of
CONSEQUENCES OF UNREPORTED unreported crime refer to positive
CRIME changes affected by crime remaining
hidden (e.g. cannabis as an illegal
• Ripple effect activity often unreported for being
ASSESSMENT
CRITERIA 1.3 • Cultural consequences seen as harmless, leading to its
Explain the decriminalisation)
• Decriminalisation
consequence of
unreported crime • Legal change • NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES of
(4 MARKS) • Police prioritisation unreported crime refer to negative
• Cultural change changes caused by crime not being
reported (e.g. domestic abuse not
• Procedural change prioritised by police for being
unreported)
