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This interactive session will cover both Criminology and Law. Students will be invited to consider and discuss key questions in Criminology, such as ‘What is crime?’ and consider a murder case. at Coventry University

What makes a murderer?

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This interactive session will cover both Criminology and Law. Students will be invited to consider and discuss key questions in Criminology, such as ‘What is crime?’ and consider a murder case.
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Bookings by Teachers for Key Stage 5 (Students aged 16-18)

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The first part of this interactive session will analyse well-known crimes and criminals in order to explore what factors may lead someone towards criminality. Students will be invited to consider and discuss key questions in Criminology, such as ‘What is crime?’, ‘Why do people commit crime?’ and ‘Are people truly innocent until proven guilty?’

The second part of this session has students examine if the defendant, Norman Stanley Fletcher, is a murderer. Norman, aged 24, acquired a Smith & Wesson revolver. The defendant, in jest, with no intention to do any harm, pointed the revolver at his best friend Lenny. His friend was similarly treating the incident as a joke. The defendant then pulled the trigger and killed Lenny, still having no intention to fire the revolver. Is Norman a murderer?

Session length: 2 hours (1pm – 3pm)
Capacity: 30
Suitable for
Bookings by Teachers for Key Stage 5 (Students aged 16-18)
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