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Pre-made answers for topics AC1.1,1.2,1.3,1.6, 2.1,2.2 - Gaining grade A - 91/100 marks
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Pre-made answers for topics AC1.1,1.2,1.3,1.6, 2.1,2.2 - Gaining grade A - 91/100 marks
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Criminology Practice type-up Unit 1AC1.1;
A crime evident in the brief is Technological crime. This is a crime committed usually
involving the use of information and communication technology (ICT) the use of Social
media/networks, Internet. In accordance to the brief, the crime being committed is bullying
as well as a hate crime being committed due to the fact the offenders are using a social
media platform to bully David (Mr s’s son). They are known as e-crimes or cyber-crimes.
Some examples of offences are: distribution of viruses, illegal downloading, identity fraud,
copyright and cyberbullying. To be able to commit these crimes the offenders usually have
lots of knowledge of technology and tend to be very manipulative. Offenders can be in
different places in the world due to how interconnected social media and the internet is.
Due to the wide range of people who could be the offender, the victim can also be anyone
with access to social media or the internet but typically older people or young people who
don’t know how to use social networking safely as well as people who are very trusting. The
rate in which these crimes get committed is extremely high as the ONS estimates around 4.5
million cyber crimes were committed in England and Wales during the Year of 2018. This
may be due to the fact that there has been very high levels of public awareness of
technological crime due to widespread publicity in the media in recent years. As well as
more information available to let someone know if they’ve been a victim and how they can
report the offence. This is a criminal offence punishable by law.
Elliott, 20, was convicted in 2016 for his role in the cyber-attack on TalkTalk where he shared
details online of the loopholes in its website - and claimed he was 'just showing off to his
mates' during his sentencing at the youth court.
Elliott was sentenced to 20 months for money laundering and hacking offences on August
16.
- Another crime evident in the brief is Honour crime. Honour crime is when a crime is
committed to defend the supposed honour of a family or community. The violence is
directed towards an individual who is deemed to have brought shame on the family, this
crime is usually committed by close family members in ethnic minorities and against older
girls and young women. The rate of the crime committed is 12 a year on average in the UK
and only 5% of Honour crimes are reported to the police a Year on average. The
stereotypical offender is usually family or extended family and other members of their
community, most commonly the offenders are male relatives ( fathers, brothers, uncles).
Also the typical victim is from a lower economic social class and from a ethnic minority
background usually South Asian Families. In accordance to the brief Mrs S was forced into a
marriage(which is the criminal offence due to forced marriage being against the law in the
UK) that she did not want to be in, consequently her family later arranged for her to be killed
this is an example of an honour crime. Physical and emotional Abuse are both typically used
by the offender/s this is seen in the brief when it states that there were protests from her
family, this is a form of emotional abuse to try and make her feel guilty. This is consistent
, with what the typical victim would have to endure because the victims are usually either
banished from their friends and families for the rest of their lives or they sadly end up
getting murdered by their family due to preventing any shame that will get brought upon the
family. This is a criminal and deviant offence but due to cultural reasons it would be
justified.
An example of Case study in which an Honour crime takes place is Tulay Goren, 15, from
Woodford Green, north London, was killed in January 1999 for running away from home to
live with her boyfriend. He was also a Turkish Kurd twice her age whom her family
disapproved of because he was from a different branch of Islam. Her father, Mehmet Goren,
was jailed for life with a minimum sentence of 22 years in 2009 for killing the schoolgirl after
kidnapping, drugging and tying her up. Her remains, which police believe were buried in the
family garden temporarily, have never been recovered. This is similar to the brief as both the
brief, Mrs S and the case of Tulay Goren included the family not approving of the person the
Women wants to be with due to religious and Cultural Reasons.
- Another crime evident in the brief is Hate crime. This Crime is when a person becomes a
victim of a particular crime due to their protected characteristics for example: sexuality,
Race, Gender, disability or Religion. The offender usually commits the crime due to hatred.
The statistics for hate crime are steadily increasing this could be due to more reporting to
the police and victims feeling more confident to report the crime, the crime survey for
England and Wales found that over 100,000 hate crimes related to race especially towards
ethnic minorities. A hate crime can include Verbal abuse, psychical abuse, threats,
harassment, assault, bullying and Vandalism. The victim can be anyone with protected
characteristics such as: Homosexuals or ethnic minorities and the offender can be anyone
that holds prejudice views/attitudes towards certain groups of people due to their
race,religion or sexaul orientation. In accord with the brief the crime was committed when
David came out to his friends about his sexual orientation then this led to online bullying and
verbal abuse (This is an offence due to it being verbal abuse). This shows that David was a
victim of hate crime due to the fact that he was targeted due to his sexaul orientation. The
Victim in the brief is typical, the victim has a protected characteristic which the offender
typically has hatred towards which is shown in the brief as the offender has prejudice
towards gays, which led to David being a Victim of emotional abuse. This is a deviant and
criminal offence, deviant because due to societal change and acceptance you wouldn't
expect hate crime to occur and criminal because it can include physical assault and
vandalism.
An example of case study in which hate crime takes place Charlie Graham, from Sunderland,
20 in Janurary of 2020 she was badly injured in a Homophobic hate crime towards her. She
was punched in the face and pushed to the floor by two men as she walked home at Night.
Charlie was left badly cut and bruised from the attacks. She has been the victim of verbal
abuse and been Jumped (physical abuse) on numerous occasions due to her sexual
orientation and she believes that this will be part of her normal life for the rest of her life.
This is similar to the brief as both David and Charlie got targeted due to their sexual
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