K5CR4 Applying theories and evaluating policy personal learning checklist
WJEC Level 3 Applied Diploma in Criminology · Unit 2 · External assessment
Name ____________________ Class __________ Date __________
Tick one box per statement. Red: need help. Amber: partly confident. Green: can do independently.
| I can | Red | Amber | Green |
|---|---|---|---|
| Analysing situations of criminality | |||
| apply competing mechanisms to different offences and individual situations | |||
| Evaluating explanatory effectiveness | |||
| evaluate theories against their actual claims and measured outcomes | |||
| distinguish causal explanation, agency and legal responsibility | |||
| Theories and policy development | |||
| assess biological, individualistic and sociological routes to policy | |||
| evaluate CCTV through distinct preventive and investigative mechanisms | |||
| assess zero-tolerance claims against defined interventions and evidence | |||
| evaluate restorative justice and multi-agency responses with safeguards | |||
| distinguish penal popularity, deterrent mechanisms and demonstrated outcomes | |||
| Social change and policy | |||
| explain how changing values, demographics and technology affect policy | |||
| Campaigns, media and policy influence | |||
| discuss individual, newspaper and pressure-group influence on policy | |||
| evaluate campaign outcomes and unintended distributional effects | |||
| construct an extended evidence-led theoretical and policy judgement | |||
| calculate and critically interpret a fictional intervention comparison | |||
Next revision priority: __________________________________________________