1. Welcome to Criminology induction
lesson 1
Learning Starter: What is a criminal? Can
Objectives: you come up with a definition?
Have you ever broken the law?
To begin to
understand: different
explanations for the
people involved in the
riots 2011
Assessment Outcomes:
1. Will have analysed
individual reasons
for involvement in
the riots
2. Working in small groups, brainstorm some
ideas of what caused these people to behave
the way they did.
3. How do criminologists explain why people
commit crime?
Genetic
e.g. dna
Social Physiological
reaction e.g. brain
dysfunction
Theoretical
causes of crime
Social Learnt
structure behaviour,
e.g.
Psychodynamic family/peers
4. Situational and personal (dispositional) reasons
•Something exciting to do Activity:
Working in pairs:
•The opportunity to get free Select any one of the
stuff explanations
•A chance to get back at police Write a short paragraph
outlining why and how this
•Group processes reason can explain involvement
in the riots
•A rapid flow of information
For example:
•Jobs, prospects and Having a criminal history could
aspirations mean that the individual has a
poorly developed set of moral
•Family attitudes and standards. Therefore, being
behaviour involved in this sort of
behaviour (rioting), would not
•A criminal history be considered particularly
wrong to this person.
5. Homework – due next induction lesson!
Research a case study of an
individual convicted of rioting
behaviour (could include burglary
or looting offences)
How to do this ...
1. Research information and gather facts
about crime committed, sentence etc. See
if you can add pictures or quotes
2. Mount onto A4 paper with bullet points
explaining why you think this person got
involved
6. Interpreting the data from the
riots
Activity:
Working in groups of 3 to
4, analyse each piece of
data that is in your
envelope
Stick onto A3 paper and
outline two conclusions you
can come with from each
piece of data
7. Welcome to Criminology induction
lesson 2
Learning Starter:
Objectives: Homework presentations!
To begin to
understand: different
intervention
approaches to the
riots
Assessment Outcomes:
1. Will have a table
showing both
proactive and
reactive strategies
8. Using the data to inform public policy
Now we know a bit more about the rioters in terms of their
backgrounds and their explanations/reasons for rioting,
we need to consider two things:
1. Were there any interventions we could have
implemented before the riots to stop them happening
in the first place or to change the behaviour of
individuals involved?
2. What interventions could be implemented now to stop
something like this happening again and to change
the behaviour of anti social groups?
Activity: Working in pairs/small groups, create two lists under
the headings ‘Before’ and ‘After’ outlining some interventions
