Criminology Unit 3 controlled assessment- AC 1.1 model answer

PREPARATION PACK FOR UNIT ONE FINAL TIMED CONTROLLED
ASSESSMENT

AC1.1 to AC1.6
You will have 3 hours to complete a written document/report worth 30 marks.
This equates to 6 minutes per mark. You can take in your notes and references
and a textbook but cannot access the Internet. Moodle is not Internet.

Your report on these criteria should have a cover sheet containing the following
information;

WJEC CRIMINOLOGY DIPLOMA

UNIT ONE ‘CHANGING AWARENESS OF CRIME’

STUDENT NAME:

STUDENT CANDIDATE NUMBER:

CENTRE NAME:

CENTRE NUMBER:

DATE:


The report should contain an introductory paragraph and then sub-titled sections
for each AC (although some marks for different ACs may also be picked up in
sections of other ACs.

See next page for structure/layout.

Time 3 hours
Resources access to class notes: no access to Internet; access to ICT software
Supervision: You will be supervised throughout
Collaboration: Individual task
Feedback: You cannot be given feedback on the work you produce until it has
been marked.

,AC1.1 – ANALYSE THE TYPOLOGIES OF CRIME

Mark Bands
Assessment Criteria
Mark Band 1 Mark Band 2
AC1.1 Analyse Describes types of crime using Analysis of types of crime using a
different types of example/s. range of relevant examples.
crime (1-2) (3-4)


Types of crime Learners should have knowledge of specific
 white collar, e.g. examples of different types of crime and be
o organised able to analyse them by:
o corporate
o professional  criminal offences
 moral  types of victim
 state, e.g.  types of offender
o human rights  level of public awareness
 technological, e.g.
o e-crime Learners should know that these acts may be
 individual, e.g. deviant and/or criminal.
o hate crime
o honour crime
o domestic abuse


 Choose a range of types/typologies of crime (not all of them)
 Describe them in a reasonable level of detail
 Analyse them
o consider reasons why people commit the different crimes you have chosen to focus
on;
o consider the typical types of victim for each crime;
o consider the typical types of offender for each type of crime you have chosen;
o consider how aware the public are about the different types of crime (do a survey of
students between now and the final assessment to discover how aware people are
of the different types of crime).
o Refer to the scenario you are given.
o Refer to evidence (from your own notes and from the appendices you will be given).


Spend no more than 24 minutes on AC1.1

, AC1.2 – EXPLAIN WHY CERTAIN CRIMES GO UNREPORTED

Mark Bands
Assessment Criteria
Mark Band 1 Mark Band 2
AC1.2 Explain the Reasons for unreported crimes Clear and detailed explanation of
reasons why certain are limited in explanation with the reasons why a range of crimes
crimes are few relevant examples. are unreported, using relevant
unreported examples.
(1-2) (3-4)


Reasons Learners should have an understanding of
 personal, e.g. the reasons why certain crimes are not
o fear reported to the police.
o shame
o disinterest Learners should consider crimes such as:
o not affected
 common assault
 social and cultural, e.g.  domestic abuse
o lack of knowledge  vandalism
o complexity  rape
o lack of media interest  perceived victimless crimes (e.g. white-
o lack of current public concern collar crime, vagrancy, prostitution,
o culture bound crime (e.g. honour killing, assisted suicide)
witchcraft)

o Write a clear and detailed explanation for why a range of crimes go unreported.
o Use relevant examples
o Consider the crimes shown in the box on the right above.
o Explain, using personal and social/cultural reasons.
o Refer to the scenario you are given.
o Refer to evidence (from your own notes and from the appendices you will be given).



Spend no more than 24 minutes on AC1.2