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GCSE Citizenship Studies · key term
An act or omission that breaks criminal law and can be punished by the state.
Used by AQA and Edexcel
Paper 2
Revise: The Nature of Criminality in the UK TodayA crime is an act or omission that breaks criminal law and can be punished by the state. Criminality means criminal behaviour: what offences occur, who commits them and how patterns vary across society.
Paper 1, Paper 2
An act or omission that breaks criminal law and can be punished by the state through the courts.
Distinguish offending, arrests and convictions: an arrest does not prove that someone committed a crime.
Explain the link between a factor and crime, rather than simply listing poverty, peer pressure or addiction.
When evaluating a strategy, link it to a particular crime or cause, explain a limitation and reach a justified judgement.
Create a free account to keep every note you open and track your progress.
Crime is behaviour that breaks criminal law and can be punished by the state through the courts. To understand whether crime is increasing, we need to consider both what influences offending and how crime is counted.
