Social Science

Assessment

Internal Assessment COMPONENT 1: CHANGING AWARENESS OF CRIME (YEAR 1) Different types of crime why some crimes go unreported, and how the media affects people’s perceptions of crime. Assessed by an 8-hour controlled assessment. COMPONENT 3: CRIME SCENE TO COURTROOM (YEAR 2) Understand what happens to a suspect once charged, the techniques used in criminal investigations and the processes involved in the trial. Assessed by an 8-hour controlled assessment. External Assessment COMPONENT 2: CRIMINOLOGICAL THEORIES (YEAR 1) Explanations for why people commit crimes, and what makes someone a serial killer. COMPONENT 4: CRIME AND PUNISHMENT (YEAR 2) Why we punish people and the different ways in which society controls criminality. Both external assessments will be 90-minute examinations, a total of 75 marks, and three questions on each paper. Criminology is assessed through short and extended answer questions, based on stimulus material and applied contexts. Each question will have an applied problem-solving scenario.