Student Resources - Chapter 6
- Internet Activity
- Multiple Choice Quiz
- Matching Exercises
- Worksheets & Handouts
- Related Internet Links
Internet Activity 6.1
Crime and the media
With reference to Table 6.1 on page 405, go to Sky News, BBC, ITN or newspaper websites and take any one current media news story relating to crime and deviance, and try to identify all those news values in Table 6.1 that have made the story so newsworthy. Remember, it can be a story relating to any unusual or non-conformist behaviour, and not just criminality of various kinds.
If you are in a class, it may be worth dividing the major stories between you if there is currently more than one story. Make a note of your findings, linking particular examples of crime or deviance to the particular news values in Table 6.1, and present your findings to the rest of the group.
The following websites may be useful:
www.news.bbc.co.uk - BBC News site
www.sky.com - Sky News site
www.itn.co.uk - ITN news
www.guardian.co.uk - Guardian newspaper
www.timesonline.co.uk - Times newspaper
www.thesun.co.uk - Sun newspaper
www.mirror.co.uk - Mirror newspape
Multiple Choice Quiz 6
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Matching Exercise 6
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Worksheets & Handouts
Click here to download the Worksheets & Handouts on Crime and Deviance.
Internet links - 6 Crime and Deviance
- www.homeoffice.gov.uk/ - the UK Home Office, responsible for all aspects of crime.
- www.justice.gov.uk/ - the UK Ministry of Justice, which deals with the criminal justice system.
- www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/ - The Research Development and Statistics website at the Home Office for details on all aspects of crime statistics.
- www.surestart.gov.uk/ - the SureStart site, useful for early interventions to prevent crime and deviance.
- www.statistics.gov.uk/default.asp - the National Statistics website, useful for contemporary crime figures.
- www.interpol.int - Interpol (The International Criminal Police Organization).
- www.europol.europa.eu - Europol (the European Police Office).
- www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/ - Liberty seeks to protect civil liberties and promote human rights.
- www.yourrights.org.uk/ - the Liberty guide to human rights.
- www.amnesty.org/ - Amnesty International, a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights for all.
- www.crimeinfo.org.uk/ - a useful site with a wide array of contemporary information on crime, with quizzes and lots of further internet links on crime.
- www.soca.gov.uk/ - the UK's Serious Organised Crime Agency.
- www.home.earthlink.net/~hsbecker/index.html - the website of Howard Becker, the key figure in labelling theory.
- www.law.ed.ac.uk/cls/esytc/ - the Edinburgh Study of Youth Transitions and Crime, a continuous longitudinal study of events in the lives of 4,300 young people in the City of Edinburgh.
- www.howardleague.org/ - The Howard League for Penal Reform is the oldest penal reform charity in the UK.
- www.esrcsocietytoday.ac.uk/ESRCInfoCentre/about/CI/CP/alevel/ - Economic and Social Research Council briefings for A-level students, including one on crime. The crime briefing contains web links to further explore the research discussed.
The following Home Office websites are all useful for exploring different aspects of crime reduction policy and support and help for victims of crime:
- www.homeoffice.gov.uk/crime-victims/victims/
- www.homeoffice.gov.uk/crime-victims/how-you-can-prevent-crime/
- www.homeoffice.gov.uk/crime-victims/reducing-crime/
- www.crimereduction.homeoffice.gov.uk/cpindex.htm
- www.crimereduction.homeoffice.gov.uk/learningzone/scptechniques.htm - for the Twenty-five techniques of situational crime prevention developed by Cornish and Clarke.
