Year 10 - Citizenship
Should we trust crime figures?
What can we do to reduce crime?
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Unit Summary
Pupils explore how crime impacts the UK and consider the purpose of sentencing and whether current sentencing approaches in the UK are effective.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to describe where crime figures come from and evaluate their trustworthiness.
Key Notes
- All crimes that are reported must be recorded as either crime or non-crime incidents.
- There are two ways in which crime is recorded, via police data and crime surveys.
- Crime figures are not necessarily always accurate as not all crime is reported.
- The media can impact perception of crime and therefore crime reporting.
Vocabulary To Learn
- NCRS: National Crime Recording Standards; principles that ensure police record all reported crimes accurately and consistently across the UK
- crime survey: an interview that asks people about their experiences of crime, including those not reported to the police
- media: television, radio, social media and printed media which can reach a large number of people
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Crime figures are 100% accurate.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
All crimes that are reported must be recorded as either crime or non-crime incidents. There are two ways in which crime is recorded, via police data and crime surveys.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'NCRS'
National Crime Recording Standards; principles that ensure police record all reported crimes accurately and consistently across the UK.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Crime figures are 100% accurate. Correction: Not all crime is reported, so crime figures can only provide an estimate.
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