Stage 2 Justice in Society – Society and Culture
TASK 1 Assessment Type 1: Folio - Topic group 2: Contemporary Challenges
Task
To discover whether there is community confidence in the way our society responds to criminal offenders.
Process
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Identify one recently completed South Australian criminal prosecution that has attracted public
interest.
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Using whatever print and electronic sources you can locate, determine the events leading up to the
prosecution and the outcome of the trial and sentencing of the offender.
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If the sentence has been handed down within the last month, look for the sentencing remarks of the
Judge on the courts website.
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Read the relevant parts of the Sentencing Act (SA)
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Write a brief objective summary of the offence, the sentence and the factors the court took into
account in deciding the sentence.
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Write one or two questions that you can use to survey opinions about the outcome of the case. Do
NOT allow the questions to give any indication of your own opinion. Add these to your summary
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Ask at least 10 people to read your summary and answer your questions – they must be a range of
people, not just school students and family. Record their answers.
Report
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Analyse the response to your questions by writing an overview of whether or not the small cross section
of the community feels comfortable with the sentencing process. Evaluate their reasons
Give your personal response to both the sentence that was handed down and the understanding that
exists in the community..
Requirements
This assignment can be written or presented multimodally (eg slide show, web-page). If written it must be
600 words maximum, if in other formats a maximum of 5 minutes or equivalent.
For either format you must be able to show your research notes for verification.
You may work with other students to share the research but must produce your own individual report
Assessment Design Criteria components addressed in this task
Knowledge and Understanding
KU1 Knowledge and understanding of issues in contemporary societies and cultures.
Investigation and Critical Analysis
ICA1 Investigation and critical analysis of sources and perspectives on issues related to contemporary
societies and cultures in local and global contexts.
ICA2 Investigation and critical analysis of aspects of contemporary societies and cultures in local and global
contexts.
Evaluation and Communication
The specific features are as follows:
EC1 Evaluation and use of evidence from relevant sources and perspectives, with appropriate
acknowledgment of sources.
EC2 Communication of informed ideas about societies and social and cultural issues.
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A
Knowledge and Understanding
Investigation and Critical Analysis
Collaboration
Evaluation and Communication
In-depth knowledge and perceptive understanding of the
complexity of a range of issues in contemporary
societies and cultures.
Well-organised and focused investigation and perceptive
critical analysis of a variety of sources and perspectives
on issues related to contemporary societies and cultures,
in local and global contexts.
Productive and inclusive collaborative analysis, planning,
and evaluation of social action related to an inquiry in a
chosen topic.
Insightful and focused evaluation and use of evidence
from a variety of sources and perspectives, with
appropriate acknowledgment of sources.
Insightful, inclusive, and well-informed collaborative
social action.
Incisive and coherent communication of informed ideas
about societies and social and cultural issues.
Sophisticated knowledge and understanding of the
nature and causes of social change.
Well-organised and focused investigation and perceptive
critical analysis of aspects of contemporary societies and
cultures, in local and global contexts.
Perceptive understanding of both obvious and subtle
ways in which societies and cultures are connected and
interdependent.
B
Perceptive and well-informed critical analysis of the
complex ways in which power structures operate in
societies.
Some depth in knowledge, and well-informed
understanding, of some of the complexity of a range of
issues in contemporary societies and cultures.
Well-organised investigation and thoughtful critical
analysis of different sources and perspectives on issues
related to contemporary societies and cultures, in local
and global contexts.
Some depth in knowledge, and well-considered
understanding, of the nature and causes of social
change.
Well-organised investigation and thoughtful critical
analysis of aspects of contemporary societies and
cultures, in local and global contexts.
Well-considered understanding of the ways in which
societies and cultures are connected and
interdependent.
C
Constructive and well-focused individual contribution to
group activities.
Convincing collaborative analysis, planning, and
evaluation of social action related to an inquiry in a
chosen topic.
Well-considered and informed evaluation and use of
evidence from different sources and perspectives, with
appropriate acknowledgment of sources.
Well-organised and well-informed collaborative social
action.
Thoughtful and clear communication of informed ideas
about societies and social and cultural issues.
Thoughtful and active individual contribution to group
activities.
Well-informed critical analysis of some of the complex
ways in which power structures operate in societies.
Some detailed knowledge and informed understanding of
issues in contemporary societies and cultures.
Generally organised investigation and considered critical
analysis of sources and perspectives on issues related to
contemporary societies and cultures, in local and global
contexts.
Some detailed knowledge and informed understanding of
the nature and causes of social change.
Generally organised investigation and considered critical
analysis of aspects of contemporary societies and
cultures, in local and global contexts.
Considered understanding of some of the ways in which
societies and cultures are connected and
interdependent.
Considered collaborative analysis, planning, and
evaluation of social action related to an inquiry in a
chosen topic.
Considered evaluation and use of evidence from
different sources and perspectives, with mostly
appropriate acknowledgment of sources.
Generally organised and informed collaborative social
action.
Competent communication of informed ideas about
societies and social and/or cultural issues.
Appropriate and considered individual contribution to
group activities.
Informed critical analysis of the ways in which power
structures operate in societies.
D
Identification and awareness of some issues in
contemporary societies and cultures.
Basic investigation skills and descriptions of information
from some sources and/or perspectives on issues
related to contemporary societies or cultures, in local and
global contexts.
Some recognition and understanding of the causes of
social change.
Basic investigation skills and descriptions of information
from some aspects of contemporary societies or
cultures.
Identification and awareness of some of the ways in
which societies and cultures are connected.
Superficial contribution to collaborative analysis,
planning, and evaluation of social action related to an
inquiry in a chosen topic.
Superficial and limited use of evidence from easily
accessible sources, with limited perspectives, and
inconsistent acknowledgment of sources.
Attempt to engage in collaborative social action.
Communication of basic ideas about one or more social
and/or cultural issues.
Superficial individual contribution to group activities.
Description of some obvious ways in which power
structures operate in societies.
E
Some awareness of one or more issues in a
contemporary society or culture.
Attempted use of one or more sources, which may have
some relevance to an issue in a contemporary society or
culture.
Limited awareness of social change or connections in or
between contemporary societies or cultures.
Brief description of an aspect of a contemporary society,
culture, or power structure.
Few elements of collaborative inquiry, social action, or
evaluation.
Limited individual contribution to group activities.
Attempted use of evidence from one or more easily
accessible sources, with limited acknowledgment of
sources.
Attempted communication about one or more social
and/or cultural issues.
Your assessment for this task is the on balance compilation of your achievement against each of the specific features as indicated above.
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