Year 7

What reasons are behind criminal behaviour?

Year 7

What reasons are behind criminal behaviour?

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will investigate some reasons why people might commit a crime. We will consider stereotypes and how we perceive those who commit crime and look at how not all follow these stereotypes.

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5 Questions

Q1.
What do we mean by 'morality'?
Another phrase we use for laws
Being affected by someone or something else
Directions for a meeting place
Correct answer: Your sense of what is right and what is wrong
Q2.
What do we mean by 'influence'?
Another phrase we use for laws
Correct answer: Being affected by someone or something else
Directions for a meeting place
Your sense of what is right and what is wrong
Q3.
What age do we become criminally responsible for ourselves in England?
Correct answer: 10
12
18
21
Q4.
A civil dispute would be against:
Correct answer: An individual
Correct answer: An organisation
The country in which you live
The government
Q5.
What is more serious? A summary offence or a indictable offence?
Correct answer: Indictable Offence
Summary Offence

5 Questions

Q1.
What age are we criminally responsible for ourselves in Scotland?
10
Correct answer: 12
18
21
Q2.
When looking at reasons why someone might be a criminal what did we say unemployment could lead to?
Boredom
Ignorance
Correct answer: Poverty
Stereotyping
Q3.
What key term, and issue, did we consider when looking at what makes a criminal?
Discrimination
Prejudice
Racism
Correct answer: Stereotyping
Q4.
What type of reason for criminal behaviour would mental health come under?
Environmental
Correct answer: Psychological
Social
Q5.
Who was given as an example of someone who wasn't negatively impacted by their lack of qualifications?
Donald Trump
Mickey Mouse
Mrs Barry
Correct answer: Richard Branson