Understanding WellbeingSession 8: Personal Safety

Personal Safety Awareness

State reason why individuals fear crime (1.1) Outline major facts provided by crime statistics which may

contribute to the fear of crime (1.2) Identify government and community actions which may reduce

the fear of crime (1.3) Identify situations and actions that may put personal safety

and possessions at risk (2.1, 2.2) Describe a range of actions that can minimise risk to personal

safety (3.1) Describe appropriate responses that can minimise risk to

personal possessions (3.2)

Week 8 Objectives

Quiz timeLook through some of the information I have provided and work in pairs to create your own quiz consisting of 5 questions – Highlight where you found the information, write your question down and create a possible multiple choice answer. Record the information well as it will be used for additional evidence. Remember to include the correct answers.

You will ask your questions to the other teams to see who wins – There will be a prize!

Fear of Crime - Statistics

Low stats / High fear? (1.1)

If there is a relatively low risk of being a victim of a crime in the UK, why do people fear crime so much?

Media reporting including: tabloids, tv documentaries, feature films etcExperiences of crime: first-hand, anecdotalPsychological tendency: are we predisposed to be suspicious and fearful?

Quantifying crime statistics is notoriously difficult and fraught with political bias. More often than not the results are not accepted by the public as a true reflection of reality.

But where do the figures come from and what do they say is happening now?

Listen to this guy, and/or read the transcript:

1) Where do the stats come from?2) What do the stats say?3) Highlight 3 crime stats that could support public fear of crime (do this after watching the video)http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/crime-stats/crime-statistics/period-ending-march-2014/vid-crime-stats.html

Crime Statistics (1.2)

BREAK

So far we have seen that the public generally have a high level of fear associated with potential crime. Governments and communities invest a great deal of money in a variety of crime prevention methods. But what are they?Use your own knowledge and the internet to produce a list of at least 10 different actions that may be taken.

Tackling crime (1.3)

Methods to reduce crime & fear of crimeClosed Circuit Television (CCTV) Lengthy sentences for violent crimesPolice & Communities Together meetings (PACT)

Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA)

Visible Police (& PCSO) patrols Targeted Police Operations (usually reported in local media)

Community Payback (CS) Use of metal detectors (knife crime)Custodial Establishments Increased street lighting

We use the words ‘risk’ and ‘risky’ on a regular basis. Risk is usually associated with negatives, and as something to be avoided at all costs. But is there more to ‘risk’?

Can risk be measured? Can caution be riskier than risk-taking? Is potential pleasure more important than potential harm?

Watch the following video featuring Professor David Spiegelhalter (aka. Professor Risk). Note down any interesting or important informationhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1PtQ67urG4 Using examples of when you have taken risk, complete the table on page 16.Make sure at least one of your examples focuses on risk to your person, and at least one example focuses on risk to personal possessions.

Risk – what is it? (2.1, 2.2)

Hand in all completed units (including file)

Keep Personal Safety unit with you – To complete your homework

Workbooks

Describe (in sentences) 3 actions that could reduce risk to your personal safety, and 3 actions that could reduce risk to your personal possessions.Examples;

HOMEWORKMinimising risk (3.1, 32)

Personal Safety Personal PossessionsConsider consequences before acting

Use a house alarm

Ask the advice of others Carry a card rather than cashAvoid travelling alone at dark Don’t leave valuable items visible

(car)Avoid high levels of intoxication Get items insured

How to track additional evidence..

1. Group your additional evidence into the units ie. Stress, alcohol and so on

2. Number each piece of your additional evidence (AE)… (1, 2, 3, 4 and so on)

3. Sign each piece of AE – this is for authenticity

4. If your evidence is just a print off, you need to include some writing to state why you are adding it (how it meets criteria, what you have used it for)

5. Look at your trackers – Peach sheets, front of your workbook (You have one tracker per unit)

6. Look at your AE 1 and see which criteria it meets on the tracker – When you find which criteria it meets, put a 1 in the third column (Next to the letters AE)

7. Move on to AE 2 and repeat.. carry on until complete

8. Make sure all AE is in the back of your file, in number order.