School Resources
Trial and Error
Trial and Error explores crime from a young person's point of view. It follows the experience of Joby, a first time offender and raises issues such as peer pressure.
The story focuses on the theft of a mobile phone and the impact of this crime on the offenders as well as the victim. It also looks at how the parents of the offenders and victim are affected by this crime and the dilemmas the witness has to face.
The DVD was filmed in Sheffield using pupils from Myers Grove School. It shows the different ways that crime is dealt with by the Criminal Justice System, with input from the Police, the Crown Prosecution Service, Victim Support and Witness Services, all working in partnership towards the appropriate outcome.
The film can be used in a variety of both formal and informal settings. Teacher's notes are available to accompany this resource - please click on the download on the right-hand side of this page.
This resource is aimed at secondary school studients and was designed to fit into the PSHE curriculum.
Download the Trial and Error clip in Windows Media Format (WMV) [20.5MB]
Rehabilitation verses Punishment - Judge for Yourself
This is an innovative, on-line programme which allows you to decide what you think is the most suitable sentence for virtual offenders. It will allow you to have a better understanding of how sentences work and see the benefits of different sentences for individual offenders.
Judge for Yourself allows you to gain experience of the work of the Probation Service first-hand. Based on examples of real life cases, you can ask for more information on each offender, get advice from a Probation Officer and select the sentence you think is the most appropriate.
Play Judge for Yourself - the interactive Community Sentence tool by clicking on the link on the right-hand side of this page.
For PDF Handouts to use with this resource, please click on the downloads on the right-hand side of this page.