Post on 29-Dec-2015
Aims of Let’s Party
1) To provide you with an opportunity to look at how choices
and behaviour can impact on people
2) To extend your knowledge and understandingof crime and its consequences
3) Work in groups, pairs and individually, consider and value opinions,
listen and put forward your own opinions and ideas
Let’s Party!
You each have an identity card – you are that character for the whole of this session
All the activities relate to you in that role
Read your identity card carefully
Take turns to read your character details to your group. Make sure you listen, you need to know who each character is for the next task
Write down the connections between each character
Franc’s parents are going away for a night to their caravan in Wales.
Franc decides it would be a great chance to invite some friends around to listen to some music.
Franc asks a few friends, including Nick.
They decide to get a few cans of lager from the local shop and just
‘chill’ out.
Some people at school overhear Franc and Nick talking about their
‘get together’.
These students decide to gate crash the party and invite
more people.
Imagine this happens to you! You see your party advertised on
Myspace!
What would you do? What could you do?
How responsible is alcohol for this situation?
How would the party goers behave without alcohol?
Do you need alcohol to have a good time?
The Law regarding Alcohol (The Licensing Law)
• It is illegal to give an alcoholic drink to a child under five except under medical supervision in an emergency.
• Children under 16 can go anywhere in a pub as long as they are supervised by an adult, but cannot have any alcoholic drinks.
• Some premises may prevent children under the age of 16 from entering, pubs which have experienced problems with underage drinking.
• Young people aged 16 or 17 can drink beer, wine or cider with a meal if it is bought by an adult and they are accompanied by an adult.
• It is illegal for this age group to drink spirits in pubs even with a meal.• It is against the law for anyone under 18 to buy alcohol in a pub, off-licence,
supermarket, or other outlet, or for anyone to buy alcohol for someone under 18 to consume in a pub or a public place.
• Some towns and cities have local by-laws banning drinking alcohol in public.
Crime Quiz
Work in pairs Move around the room and complete
your quiz sheet Write down the ‘crime’ against the
correct letter on your sheet Discuss with your partner, then fill in
the two sections – is it a crime and is there a victim?
Crime Quiz Is it a crime?Yes or No
Is there a victim? If not why
not?
How serious 1-9?1-lowest
9-most serious
A Shoplifting from supermarket
Yes – companies as well as individuals can be
1. The company2. The customer
B Sniffing Glue No – however police have a duty of care and can arrest the user to take them somewhere safe
Yes – 1. The user 2. The user’s family
C Shouting Racist abuse
Yes 1. The person who the abuse is being shouted at2. It splits communities
D Damaging a bus shelter
Yes – although it is public property, it is owned by everybody
1. The council who make choices about how they spend the money 2. Your parents who have to pay more taxes
E Fighting in the street
Yes – it is a public order offence
Although you might want to settle your differences by having a scrap , the community is effected
F Throwing eggs at a window
Yes – criminal damage, public order offences
The person who now has egg on their stuff
G Bullying behaviour Yes – assault, harassment and public order offences.
1. The victim 2. The victim’s family3. School and workplace
H Dropping litter in public Yes – in most circumstances you will get fined, however some- times you could be arrested
Person who has litter on their property The community living in an untidy area who have to pay the bills to clean it up
I Drinking alcohol in the park Yes, victims are the people who use the park, often Children and families.People who drink often become aggressive, abusive. Litter, vandalism can result.
Yes it is a crime. The seriousness depends on the amount of alcohol consumed and the behaviour of the drinkers.Alcohol is confiscated.Parents informed.Crime assessed and penalty given.
Impact!
We have chosen a character for your group
As a group select a second character The Impact sheet asks you to consider
how the party has affected people Complete the sheet in relation to these 2
characters You will have to feed this back to everyone
CrimesWhat crimes have been committed?
Criminal damage Public order offences Serving alcohol to underage Selling alcohol to adult to pass on to minor Burglary Theft Arson Misuse of drugs Assault Sexual offences(trespass)
Aims of Let’s Party
1) To provide you with an opportunity to look at how choices
and behaviour can impact on people
2) To extend your knowledge and understandingof crime and its consequences
3) Work in groups, pairs and individually, consider and value opinions,
listen and put forward your own opinions and ideas