Presentations

Thanks to the students who showed up today ready to do their presentations on TIME. I think I have said enough about the way feel about deadlines. We will continue with the presentations on Tuesday. If your projects are not complete by then....expect a mark no higher than 50%.

Silence Part Deux

Today you should have finished the movie....over the last two days, we have been the two Supreme Courts in the lower mainland. We were at the one downtown on Monday and at the New Westminster one today. I had a blast both days...I hope you guys enjoyed the day as well. We will talk about what you saw or did not see on Thursday.

Silence of the Lambs

Yesterday we watched one of my favorite movies....Silence of the Lambs....completely creepy but shows follows up what we have been covering for the past few weeks. You talk about messed up individuals. Nothing says psychopath like Hannibal Lector. You guys will finish the movie on Tuesday...I will be at the courthouse with some of the class.
Project/Presentations start Thursday....no excuses!

Project work

Today was the last class to work on the Offender project. Make sure to update your blogs...On Thursday we will watch a video on what we have been covering so far. I am not sure which movie it will be yet but I am sure it will be entertaining.
Early next week are the two field trips....

Project Cont...

Last two classes we have worked on the project either in the computer lab or on the laptops. You have one more class to work on this project. It will be ready to be presented on May 2. We will move into the next unit on Thursday.
Have a great weekend...

Project Time

Today we discussed the project that I want you to complete. The project will involve you choosing a notorious offender...somebody who has committed a serious crime. Your goal will be to do some serious research on this individual. Use the criteria sheet as a guide. Once your research on the background/history of the crime is complete you should move onto step two. In this phase of the project you will try to create a psychological profile of your subject. You must come up with reasons why the crimes were committed. Give Psychological/Sociological/Biological factors in your explanation. Also, you must relate your explanation to a major theory of crime that we have discussed so far this year. Look at your notes to help.
The final part of the project is to design a treatment plan for your subject. Look at your theory of crime to find out how best help your subject.
You will have 3-4 classes in the computer lab to complete this project. As always presentations will follow.

Psychological Theories of Crime Cont.

Today we continued to discuss some of the other psychological theories of crime. These included theories of Moral Development, Eysenck's Theory of Crime and Personality, Social Learning Theory, Operant Conditioning and Anti Social Personality Disorder. The class was given a booklet that goes with this chapter. The booklet is due next class....

Next class we will begin a project on putting together a case study on a major criminal. Make sure you are here on Tuesday.