Crime lesson

• Maatschappijleer
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4

Crime

By Lotte, Matthias, Maryze and Nzuzo

Learning objectives 

    • students can name crimes and fitting punishments

•students know how to minimise crimes

 •  students know how people become criminals

• students know what crime essentially is

What is crime

•  act against the law
• huge difference in crimes
  
• punishments are different to each misconduct
• Tax evasion VS tax dodging?
  

 

Crime history 

- less mercy back in the day

- severe punishments 

- the code of Hammurabi

Example of a crime

• Rape by group of boys

•caused death

• different punishments

Question

- should the perpetrators all get the same punishment?

- in favour

- against

Punishments

•  Four main types of punishments: imprisonment, custody,   community service and fines
•  the punishment depends on the type of offence and it's circumstances
  
• short prison sentence does not help
• Life sentence is the largest punishment

Improvement of criminals their behaviour

• 47% of ex criminals commit crimes within 2 years again
  
• 34%
• community service, location bans  and prohibtion of drugs

Labelling theory 

-Activities considered as injurious 

- harmful for our society

- fitting punishments

The punishment for murder

1. 15+ years in prison
2. Death sentence
3. €20 fine

The punishment for stalking is

1. €500
2. Contact prohibition
3. Prison sentence

Laws are based on our ...........

1. Habits
2. Society
3. Expectations
4. Pipo’s

The punishment Nature pollution

1. A punch from the woodman
2. €100 fine
3. Community service
4. A whiplash

The punishment for faking documents

1. Pyre (death by fyre)
2. €20.000
3. 5+ years in prison

memory

• teams of 4
• link the matching cards together

What is the maximum amount of years in prison someone can get for stealing something?

1. 10 years
2. 8 years
3. 4 years
4. 15 years

The punishment for discrimination is

1. Ban from public areas
2. 1 year prison or a

The percentage of ex convicts who committed crimes again within 2 years of release

1. 25002827352%
2. 34%
3. 46%
4. 47%

Tax evading vs tax dodging

1. Both illegal
2. Both legal
3. Tax dodging illegal and tax evading is legal
4. Tax dodging is legal and tax evading is illegal