WJEC Level 3 Applied Certificate & Diploma Criminology sample

AC1.1 ANALYSE DIFFERENT TYPES OF CRIME Deviant or criminal? Hate crime is viewed as being both deviant and criminal as it goes against social norms to victimise someone regarding their identity. Individual crimes – honour crime Criminal offences Honour crimes are punishments on people for acts deemed to have brought shame on their families. Examples of honour crime include: • acid attacks • abductions • mutilations • beatings • murder. Types of victim Typically, the victim of an honour crime is a young girl within the family, commonly a daughter from an Asian community. [photo AC1.1.7] low res Research the killing of American Matthew Shephard in 1998, an example of hate crime. Remember that the assessment criteria require relevant examples. Take it further Mr and Mrs S Mr S’s son is targeted by bullies due to his sexual orientation. He ‘has recently told his friends that he is homosexual. This is now common knowledge within school and as a result he has been the victim of both physical and verbal bullying’. Appendix 1 of the brief contains a police report suggesting a violent attack on David while at school that appears to be prompted by hate. Link to brief CASE STUDY SHAFILEA AHMED One example of an honour crime is the case of Shafilea Ahmed, who was killed by her parents using a plastic bag to suffocate her after she refused to follow their strict Pakistani lifestyle. Iftikhar and Farazana Ahmed were convicted of killing their daughter Shafilea. 21