MYP2GEO - Crime

• Aardrijkskunde
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Crime in London and working with statistics

Today's class:

- Talking about:

 the link between crime and geographic spaces

- Classwork:

practice working with and interpreting statistics

Working with lessonup - Rules

• Use your laptop to participate
• You can only use your laptop when I ask you to answer the questions provided on the board
• Use your notebook or binder to take notes, when stated on the board.

How do you think crime could be linked to geography?

Take notes:

The knowledge of time, place and space offers opportunities that determine the

actions of criminals, causing patterns and trends that can be used to establish

counteractions.

Crime

Bob's Story

Bob: "I got myself into detention on the last day of school, before christmasbreak. So by the time I could get away from school to walk home, it was already dark outside. When I was half way there, suddenly someone stabbed me in the arm. As I grabbed my arm to stop the bleeding, someone robbed me from my backpack, containing my laptop, smartphone and wallet. Luckily after 2 minutes a stranger passed by to call me an ambulance."  

Take notes:

The victim's mental map

Take notes:

The victim's mental map

Take notes:

The victim's mental map

Take Notes:

Everyone has mental maps of places they know well. 

In the victim's mental map we saw all the places he visits. frequently, the area he knows well, and where the robbery took place. 

We saw that the robbery took place in the space the victim knew well.
Do you think the robber knew the space in which the robbery took place?

1. Yes
2. No

What besides knowledge of the area does a criminal need to decide on a place to commit a crime?

Take notes

Mental map of a criminal

A criminal will head for areas that...

...he/she knows well

...provide opportunity for crime       

      

Mental map of a criminal

Take notes

According to this mental map, the criminal has 3 areas to target. 

- near home

- near work

- near places he/she recreates

Think critically, take 5 minutes to write down why in reality, the criminal had more areas to target, than shown in this mental map. 

5 minute break

Rules

- Work on questions on the handout

- Use pen and paper to write down your answers.

- First 10 minutes: work on the assignments individually

- After 10 minutes: you may ask your classmates for help

- After 20 minutes: you may ask your teacher for help

- Done? Draw a mental map of the crime you prepared last week, from the criminal's perspective

What did we learn today?

1. Mental maps
2. Geographical factors criminals prefer
3. Geographical factors criminals avoid

Bring:

- Class-/homework

- Notebooks

- Graphpaper

In class:

- Discuss this week's classwork

- Predicting and preventing crimes by using geographical knowledge

Next time: