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  • 9 Dec 2025

    tutor2u Festive Quiz 2025 | WJEC Criminology

    The WJEC Criminology tutor2u Festive Quiz for 2025 is here! We've got a set of quizzes for WJEC Criminology Unit 2 and Unit 4. In addition, you can download a bonus bundle of festive-themed...

  • 1 Apr 2025

    WJEC Campaigns | Raneem's Law

    Campaign for Change | Raneem’s Law Background to the Campaign: Raneem’s Law was introduced in response to the tragic murders of 22-year-old Raneem Oudeh and her mother, Khaola Saleem, in 2018....

  • 26 Mar 2025

    WJEC Criminology Campaigns | Ronan's Law

    Campaign for Change | Ronan’s Law Background to the Campaign: Ronan’s Law was introduced following the tragic murder of 16-year-old Ronan Kanda in 2022. Ronan was attacked and fatally stabbed near...

  • 13 Dec 2024

    Criminology Festive Quizzes 2024

    Here they are! Download the tutor2u Criminology Festive Quiz collection now and use them in class. The download includes one festive quiz for each WJEC Criminology course unit.

  • 1 Jul 2024

    Criminology In The News | Insurance Fraud

    According to a leading motor insurance firm, there has been a rise in fraudulent accident claims in the UK due to the use of technology. Allianz Insurance has claimed a 300% increase in the use of...

  • 24 Jun 2024

    Criminology In The News | Mental Health and Violent Crime

    In the aftermath of the death of a 14-year-old boy in London last month, the Mayor Of London, Sadiq Khan has warned of the dangers of cutting provision to mental health services and how it is...

  • 17 Jun 2024

    Criminology In The News | Unsafe Convictions

    The use of DNA evidence in serious cases of violence, murder and sexual assault is commonplace in contemporary police investigations, in part due to the advances in technology over the past few...

  • 10 Jun 2024

    Criminology In The News | Rap Music Used as Evidence in Trials

    Police are turning to rap music videos as evidence of crimes according to a new study. The Compound Injustice report found that there were 68 cases of rap music videos being used as evidence of...

  • 3 Jun 2024

    Criminology In The News | CyberStalking and Secret Footage

    Social media posts of women on nights out who are filmed without their consent might be threatening the well-being of young women in Manchester, according to the BBC. The videos, which have been...

  • 27 May 2024

    Criminology In The News | Police Bust Global Cyber Gang

    The organisers of a major internet phishing scam have been arrested in a global operation to shut down an ‘industrial scale’ fraud operation targeting over 70,000 UK citizens. 37 people were...

  • 13 May 2024

    Criminology In The News | Hate Crime: Racism on the Train

    The media plays many different roles in the reporting of crime and the growth of citizen journalism is one factor in the number of crimes being reported to the police. A recent event has been...

  • 6 May 2024

    Criminology In The News | The Power of Restorative Justice

    In this series so far, we have looked at several articles surrounding the murder of Brianna Ghey, focusing on the crime itself, and the campaign started by Brianna’s mother, Esther Ghey. In this...

  • 12 Apr 2024

    WJEC Criminology | Germany Changes Marijuana Laws

    As of April 1st 2024, the possession of, and growing of Cannabis was decriminalised in Germany. Known for its beer consumption, Germany has been in the news recently regarding this significant and...

  • 4 Mar 2024

    Criminology In The News: Campaigns for Change in Social Media Use

    Following the sentencing of Eddie Ratcliffe and Scarlett Jenkinson, for the murder of Brianna Ghey in February 2023, attention has turned to a campaign for change, started by Brianna’s mother...

  • 26 Feb 2024

    Criminology In The News: Tougher Sentences

    Conservative MP Jonathan Gullis has joined calls for imposing a stricter sentence for a man found guilty of gross negligence after his partner was left in a scalding bath. Mark Clowes was given a...

  • 26 Feb 2024

    Criminology In The News | The Case of Colin Pitchfork

    The name Colin Pitchfork will be familiar to many criminology students studying the WJEC Level 3 Criminology course as many features of this case have been detailed in resources and textbooks, but...

  • 19 Feb 2024

    Criminology Case: The Case of Lorena Bobbit

    Some murders are committed under the influence of a psychotic state, possibly influenced by a disorder such as schizophrenia, and sometimes as a response to situational factors, such as domestic...

  • 13 Feb 2024

    Criminology In The News: The Murder of Brianna Ghey

    On Friday 2nd February 2024, Eddie Ratcliffe and Scarlett Jenkinson were sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Brianna Ghey in February 2023. Ratcliffe and Jenkinson, who were both...

  • 28 Jan 2024

    60 Second Criminology Videos

    Here is the link for our new 60 Second Criminology playlist which has over fifty new videos covering key ideas and topics in precise, succinct style and detail.

  • 22 Jan 2024

    Organised Crime | Pleading Guilty

    In December 2023, the National Crime Agency seized vast quantities of cocaine and cannabis, smuggled by a cross-channel organised gang led by Anthony Terry and Michael Collis. In an article...

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