Section II - Crime (3 Viewers)

[Trippendicular]

Yeah, I liked the crime question, I had done an assessment task on juvenile offenders during the year and I remembered all of that and so it was easy. Apart from the part c) which I dont think anyone saw coming. But my answer was pretty much a novel by the end, nearly 2 booklets

 

[DarkPrince_87]

for the 12 mark question i had no idea wat i was spose to write, ended up talking about how under the Young Offenders Act 1997 (NSW) ensures juveniles receive a lesser sentence thatn that of an adult for the same sentence, i also taliked about a few other things such as the court structure (dunno if its ne different i talked about children go to childrens court where its private only family members go in, where as adults its in a district or state court and its a public matter).......i really had no idea about that same as the 7 mark question....im sure i did them wrong tho which really does suck, what makes me happy is that everyone is the same way so it was a hrd stupid test

 

[xand]

Well I think I freakin aced a and b, but oh how I screwed up c and d. I should have sent them some syrup to go with my waffle...

that is the funniest thing i have ever heard. i dont know why, im a really lame person, but hats off to you

 

[hYperTrOphY]

Crime was very dodgy this year. Questions (a) and (b) were okay, although (c) and (d) were a little too ambiguous, vague and broad.

For comparing and contrasting the problems faced by males and female I discussed:

Females
Find that the criminal justice system is unrepresentative of women's values
+ one other point which I can't remember!

Males
Socialised to be unemotional - can pose problems during sentencing
Due to more males being imprisoned, male juveniles associate with 'real' criminals which reduces the chance of rehabiliation

Comparison - the same problems both male and female youths have
Targeted by the police - overpolicing (police discretion)
Often have little awareness of the law
Are manipulated by the police to give answers which incriminate themselves
+ a couple of other things that have now escaped me

For the the question on the effectiveness of the treatment of adlts and juveniles, some of the things I talked about include:

- The investigation and arrest - police discretion/overcharging/overpolicing
- Rights (silence, fair trial etc)
- How the various punishments are decided in accordance with the objective of rehabiliation
- Opportunities provided when in gaol (drug counselling, anger management etc)
- Children's Court

Can't remember if I wrote about anything else.

I hope I was on the right track.

 

[chooette]

The 7 mark question on males and females is NOWHERE in the syllabus. My teacher is on the phone right now ringing the Board of Studies asking about it.

Is there a way to complain? I know for like chem you can get some taken out if theres enough controversy about it... I hadnt seen anything on that... and it was rather ambiguous...

Would like to hear what happened with your teacher and BOS

 

[_Mave_]

yeah id like to know too... have been througn the whole crappy sylllabus and cant find a single thing about males and female juvenile problems!

 

[cando]

Crime part c) was complete poo! I just spoke about sexual assault, hard for girls where as boys are more often offenders and mentioned aboriginals both have hard time. Thank you board of studies for such a great question that allowed me to show I had studied crime for a week and new my 30-page notes off by heart!

Yeah Im heaps interested to know what they have to say to your teacher to.

 

[Valeroso]

The 7 mark question on males and females is NOWHERE in the syllabus. My teacher is on the phone right now ringing the Board of Studies asking about it.

Tell us everything that is said! And hm, I suggest we all gang up and prank call the Board of Studies together! Mwahaha! *evil laugh*

 

[Jexi]

Tell us everything that is said! And hm, I suggest we all gang up and prank call the Board of Studies together! Mwahaha! *evil laugh*

Can we please? I seriously want to. I hope they cancel the question. Bloody Board Of Studies, trying to murder me.

 

[Meldrum]

OMG, I can't believe that we got this question.

The only crime issue I prepared for was youth crime and it turned up! OMG. I whacked in the Palmerstone Report into Male and Female crime and the YA Act, youth conferencing, PCYC, role-moddeling, causes of crime the whole fucking thing and I boned it.

Thanks guys.

 

[Jago]

you bastard meldrum hahaha congrats.

i didn't do too well in crime (nor family)

 

[jemmi]

yeh that was shite, i dont even know what i bull shitted anymore... and it stressed me out for the rest of the exam.. didn't have time to finish family essay....god damn it!!!!!

 

[Mz_mE]

im so confused.. no where on that paper did it say compare and contrast males to females.. it said compare and contrast the problems faced b those offenders.. i think they threw in the genders to confuse people..

 

[iaali88]

it was good
it was straight forward
all ya'll shud stop stressing
i dno if most of yous know this, but i think with female juveniles, they have to recieve a female representative when they are interrogated, but it was straight forward, yea, cyas, stop stressing legal is over, nothing u can do about it

 

[rissa_101]

grrrrr that was so shit that crime question. You know u work so hard throughout the year and average on like band 5 or 6 quality all to hav it fucked up in the hsc exam bcoz of dumb questions on a smidgen of the giant topic about crime!!!!! sooo very cut...i had no idea and it was all generalisations and observations. was gay...the rest of it was okay but yeah..only take sone bit to screw ya over

 

[aliasfan]

yeah i know, male and female, it doesnt really say anything but it makes it a bit of a iffy question

 

[bridgett]

i think they were crap questions and way harder than past years ... they were too specific

 

[rnitya_25]

i knoe eh! me and my friends come outta the exam and we're like......what the hell was that question all about. the rest of the paper was madd, even multiple choice amazingly. stupid crime section.....is gonna pull me downnn

 

[Mz_mE]

i was so lucky the scenario wasnt about international law coz i didnt no anythin bout that.. i still dont.. and i will neva eva hav 2..

 

[Rafy]

Which syllabus dot point did C cover?