Criminology WJEC Diploma

Course summary

You will learn about the changing awareness of crime and how the public perception of crime is formed. In Unit 2 you will have the opportunity to investigate and evaluate different criminological theories (i.e. Why do people commit crimes?) and will get to apply these to specific crimes/criminals. In the ‘Crime Scene to Courtroom’ unit you will develop the skills necessary to analyse evidence, review cases and evaluate whether a verdict of the court is safe and just. The final unit allows you to consider how society controls crime by looking at themes such as punishment, social controls on crime/criminals and evaluating how successful society is in dealing with crime. You take Units 1 and 2 in Year 12 and Units 3 and 4 in Year 13. Units 1 and 3 are internal assessments which last 8 hours stretched over 3 or 4 days. Units 2 and 4 are exams which are externally marked. Each unit is worth 25% of the overall grade.