WJEC Level 3 Applied Certificate & Diploma Criminology sample

UNIT 1 CHANGING AWARENESS OF CRIME Types of victim Victims of state crime are citizens of the country or potentially those of a different religion or political view than the government. Types of offender Offenders of state crime are usually high-ranking government officials under the orders of the country’s regime. Examples of genocide include: • Nazi Germany during the Holocaust • Idi Amin’s Uganda in the 1970s • Bosnia in the early 1990s. Level of public awareness Given the speed of media and reporting in society, the level of public awareness is usually high, as the crimes are so extreme. For instance, everyone has heard about the atrocities in Iraq carried out on the orders of Saddam Hussein. Deviant or criminal? Such acts are likely to be both criminal and deviant. They go against natural law and the moral compass of society. Armenian orphans being deported from Turkey. Research any one of the examples of genocide, noting the differences between the offenders and the victims. Take it further Atrocity: A horrific and, usually, violent act. Key term 18