Final Post

 Thank you Legal Eagles for your generous gift and card. Much appreciated.

Congratulations to our new graduates.  Looking  forward to starting again on January 24.

Homework due November 22

1. Complete the questions on the two handouts including viewing the Manipulating the Moment TED Useful Link  

2. Work on your Serial Killer presentation

Homework due November 15

1. Read the article on page 51 of your Handbook

2. Review these Useful Links:  Crime Prevention; Jails fail; Who belongs in prison?; Rapes in prison

3. Read pages 29-40 of your Handbook

Serial Killer Presentation

Each Legal Eagle has been given the name of a notorious serial killer. 

You have been asked to prepare a 5 minute (no longer) presentation on the serial killer covering their life background and influences (1 minute); their crimes (2 minutes) and why it is thought they may have become serial killers (2 minutes). It is highly recommended that you email me a list of dot points that I can post on  three PowerPoint  slides during your presentation.  

Worth watching some of  the many YouTube video interviews of serial killers to gain an insight into their mindsets. 

Homework due November 8

1, Answer the questions on page 51 of your Handbook

2. Answer the questions on the handout  'Causes of Crime' Useful Link 

3. Read pages 24-26 of your Handbook:  What is labelling?  What is restorative justice?

4. Review the following Useful Link Sites:  Strain Theory, What is anomie?  Durkheim and Anomie, Marx and Alienation,  Marxist Criminology

Homework due November 1

1. Read the Handout 'Critical Radical Criminology; and answer the  8 questions on page 3.

2. Access and review on Useful Links some of the following:

• Durhheim and Anomie
• Feminist criminology
• Feminist Criminology
• Feminist criminology 2
• Feminist criminology 3
• Introduction to Sociological Theories

• Radical Criminology

3. Start researching your allocated serial killer:  due November 22

Homework due October 25

1. Preview the following Useful Links: 

• Psychological causes of crime
• Psychological Criminological Theories
• Psychological disorders

 2. Read pp 47-49 of your Handbook and answer the questions on page 49

3. Study pages 13-14 of your Handbook