Please ensure you bring paper and something to write with! Think of the style of the cyberbullying seminar – we are obviously not doing your final on something about which you have already been assessed! But, imagine that style coming in. And, of course, covering content of the entire course!
See Block 5 on Wednesday and Block 2 on Thursday!
This is an optional set of reading and resources in order to prepare for your final during the long blocks on Thursday and Friday, respectively.
In order to understand alternatives to traditional sentencing, you kind of need to know what regular sentencing is like. This can include sentencing to things like incarceration (prison) and correctional services.
Anything with starts ** beside is worth at least browsing over in advance.
There is no expectation you read all of this. There will be a limited amount of class time for review, working with others, or reading before the lesson then preparing for the final discussion. I am just providing you with as many materials I can think of so you can browse through and see what works for you. Again, all of this reading is optional.
SENTENCING
***Goals of Sentencing (pp. 312-315)
Sentencing Procedures (pp. 316-318)
Types of Traditional Sentences (pp. 319-326)
Incarceration (Prison) (pp. 326-329)
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE
Restorative Justice Programs (Law in Action Chapter 11 pp. 330-333)
CANADIAN PRISON EXAMPLES + NON-READING SOURCE (LISTENING)
PROGRESSIVE PRISONS IN NORDIC COUNTRIES
They are closing prisons in many Nordic countries like Sweden and Finland and now have all of this extra money to divert to other social programs.
VIDEO OPTIONS
Students are assigned a paper package of Family Law cases. They must employ their understanding of Family Law using skills we have learned about and practiced over the entire semester. Cases and package must be left in class, and writing may only be done in class. However, students may do reading. brainstorm, and plan outside of class. Collaboration within class is welcomed and encouraged.
Cases will be due at the end of class on Tuesday, 17 June 2025.
In-person lesson on Divorce. Included many of the resources for application to your Family Law CasesThere are no more ESS classes to make this up, so you will need to try speak to a classmate, or, you could also consider reading both Chapters 16 and 17 in their entirety of Law in Action.
Verbal lesson on Marriage Law in Canada. If absent, need to read most of Law in Action Chapter 16 and 17 (below). Everyone should also have read the officiant’s language in marriage ceremonies in Teams Files –> Class Materials –> Civil Law –> Family Law.
There have been many significant absences that will significantly impact grades. This is an in-person school so there is only so much you can do outside of class.
Reading:
Yesterday, students attempted to take photos acting out fake negligent action scenarios (unintentional torts).
Using three photos from the previous class, students must go through the process of identifying a negligent action. You must have at least one photo from your group and at least one photo from someone else’s – the rest is your choice.
Have the photo attached to your response. Basic grammar required (e.g. indentation, multi-paragraphs).
Identify Elements Such As:
Due to Teams by the end of class.
If you were absent both days, it is not possible to complete this assignment until you are back in person and speak to Ms. Hopkin in Morning Drop-In or ESS. This week is the last ESS of the school year!
Missing late assignment deadline 16 June 2025. A reminder:
If. You. Do. Not. Tag. Ms. Hopkin. She. Will. Not. Get. Your. Messages.
Grading Conference Self-Reflection due 11:59pm Wednesday, 11 June 2025. Conferences start, at the latest, on Thursday, 12 June 2025.
Part I of a major assignment started today. You cannot complete Part II of the assignment if this is not done before class on Monday. Ensure you see Ms. Hopkin in person during Morning Drop-In in order for you to be able to complete the assignment.
As a summative (final) assessment for everything you have learned in Psychology, you will use information from the entire course to demonstrate your understanding of the content and skills of Psychology 12 through the lens of Criminal Psychology. A good place to review would be Teams (the folders hold names of all of the units), the Blog, and – of course – your own notes and assignments.
You will be assigned a case study of a person charged with serial offending. You will use this case to help demonstrate different aspects of your understanding of Psychology. For instance, is it nature or nurture that brought them to these violent choices? What happened in their childhood? How could this have been prevented? Why did they choose the victims they did? The methods of offending? How can this be treated?
Remember: you are not psychiatrists or psychologists. Therefore, there should be no diagnosing here. If there is information like that, it will be stated for you clearly e.g. John Smith was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder.
You will do this in groups and you may choose your own groups. Please remember to be kind and inclusive. Try consider working with people you know you collaborate well with, but maybe some people who are different than those with whom you normally work. Though you work in a group, you are always marked individually.
This will be a research project and presentation. The type of presentation will be an interactive seminar style. More details below.
Furthermore, remember this is not a divide-and-conquer assignment. Remember: this is essentially your final exam – everyone needs to demonstrate their learning for the entirety of the course. This is something each person needs to know every, little, piece about and your presentation is clearly interwoven with all of you equally involved in all parts.
You need to be consistently interacting with your classmates, stopping here and there to ask open-ended questions. This is called a “seminar style” presentation. If all you do is a presentation (talk at the class about your research), that would be not meeting expectations for this assignment. Basically think about it like a constantly interactive presentation.
A seminar style presentation does not mean one moment of interaction. It means you are consistently engaging the class consistently and repeatedly throughout the entire presentation. This can include big or small moments, such as:
As an audience, you are engaging constantly. You should be ready to jump in and support presenters in their seminars. You may also put your hand up at any point and ask the presenters questions – even (and especially) NOT during official question periods. Presenters should finish their thought, then answer when able.
Your interaction with your classmates will not count towards your time. However, due to the need to have presentations done within a certain period of time, you will have a maximum of 30 minutes total per group (for the sake of timing).
You will use PowerPoint. As in Microsoft PowerPoint. As in not Keynote, not Google Slides, not Prezi, not anything that is not Microsoft PowerPoint.
Ensure you include both images and text. There should be a reasonable balance with each on your slides. They should not be cramped full of things, nor should your slides be nearly empty.
Ensure your presentation is evenly balanced between each person in your group. It should not be broken up to each person doing a “part.” You should naturally be flowing back and forth complimenting each others’ words because you all know all of the information. Each human in the group is allowed to have five (5) cue cards, one side only (the lined side). These will be provided for you.
Presentations should be between twenty to twenty-two (20-22) minutes. A good strategy would be to aim for around 20-21-ish minutes since you always speak faster when you present. You will have ample amount of class time, which means you will need to rehearse with your group to ensure you are within the time frame. The requirement for the last half of the final class before presentation day will be the entire class must be spent rehearsing and timing. You should also be gauging how the class will respond to your seminar engagement. For you, this will be Friday, 13 June 2025.
You are welcome to also have a timer going whilst you present.
Though given the nature of this type of research, it is still expected all images are school appropriate. Just because you might be comfortable with something, does not mean everyone is, and there are plenty of ways to tastefully give this information. If you are unsure, always check with your teacher. Similarly, these are all challenging topics and subject matter – so just because you are okay, does not mean your classmates are. Please use a trauma-informed approach and carefully warn people in a respectful manner.
Once I have your groups, I will be making a channel for you within the Psychology 12 Team. Just remember to tag your group members and NOT the name of the group. Your groups will be public, so if you tag the group name, the entire class gets the notification.
You will have a lesson on the case studies prior to choosing so your group has time to come up with a couple of choices. Everyone will be doing a different case study, which – remember – is not a topic but a person whose behaviour you will analyze as a case study. The case studies will be decided by random draw.
DO NOT DIVIDE AND CONQUER – get a good, comprehensive understanding, then move forward to find other corroborative evidence. This is a final project – as such you all need to be equally participating in all aspects of the project.
The reality of this assignment that will be challenging for you to accept is that this is not an assignment where you can only use the internet at sources. You will need to use some actual books for this assignment, specifically for things around background and personal history. Any that I have a digital copy of will be uploaded to the Criminal Psychology folder in Teams.
In addition, you need a minimum of twelve (yes, 12) academic sources. Five (5) of these sources must be academic journal articles, which is how academic research, statistics, findings, and hypotheses are documented. Since you are so fortunate, Pinetree has a subscription to the extortionately expensive Academic Search Premier (also known EBSCO Host), which has access to tens of thousands of academic journal articles.
Screen shots of the Criminal Psychological Content (from the lesson) with correct citations have been uploaded to the Criminal Psychology folder on Teams.
If you have trouble, you may know family/friends who are in post-secondary right now and they might be able to help you as all post-secondary institutions have access to the larger versions of databases. You can also ask our school librarians or local librarians for help – they are a wealth of knowledge and an incredible resource! Apparently, you can also try contact the authors of the articles and they might send them to you!
The rest of your sources may be any academic source.
Remember, this is your final project – you should be doing your best to incorporate all aspects of the course as much as possible, where applicable. This is part of your assignment (think of it like a final exam… but, without the exam).
Though you are looking at these categories in your research, remember to always be considering (and sharing with the class) the WHY connected.
Background
Offending
How did they get there?
How could you have prevented them offending in the first place?
Now that they have offended and been caught, how can you treat this person?
All topics within the course. Some of these are (but it is your job to review the coursework and apply accordingly):
Some of these may not be applicable to your case study, and that is okay. Just omit the elements that are not connected.
Be Cautious
You will be required to formally cite your sources in APA style citation. Ms. Hopkin will be distributing APA Guide (in Teams already), and you will have alesson in class specifically on this topic with examples on how to cite your PowerPoint slides. You do not need to cite images, but you need to cite everything else.
You will be graded holistically on this assignment. Again, remember this is your final exam. From the moment you and your group set to work, your use of class time, to the content of your presentation, research capabilities, correct engagement of seminar style, to the professionalism and articulation of your seminar are all a part of your grade in addition to the content and your understanding of Psychology 12. You will all be assessed individually, not as a group, though one aspect of that assessment will be how you work within your group.
In-class rehearsal time for second half of class is Friday, 13 June 2025.
Submission of Slides Due Sunday, 15 June 2025 by 11:59pm.
Presentations begin on Monday, 16 June 2025 and finish 17 June 2025.
If you would like anything printed, please upload request to your group’s private channel and tag Ms. Hopkin with requests/instructions. This should be no later than 3:30pm on Thursday, 12 June 2025. It must be all in one file where all Ms. Hopkin has to do is click “print.”
What happened today?
Students receive an in-depth lesson overview of Criminal Psychology. There is no way to make this up outside of class.
A video mentioned in today’s lesson is below. Dr. Riesel, who is a leading researcher in Psychopathy.