A complete 9-week Psychology and Crime enrichment programme designed for secondary school students.

This ready-to-teach programme is ideal for Psychology Clubs, after-school clubs, enrichment programmes, PSHE, tutor time, careers enrichment and Psychology transition or taster programmes.

The programme has been designed to bridge the gap between KS3, KS4 and KS5 by introducing students to Psychology from an early stage. It aims to create an interest in Psychology from the start of secondary school and encourage students to consider choosing Psychology at A Level and continuing the subject beyond school.

Students explore psychological concepts through engaging and practical activities, discussions, debates, case studies and problem-solving tasks. The programme connects Psychology to real-world topics including criminal behaviour, forensic psychology, personality, social influence, the teenage brain, crime and punishment and youth crime.

Across the 9 weeks, students take on different roles including criminal profilers, detectives, lawyers and jury members, allowing them to apply psychological ideas to realistic scenarios and fictional cases.

The 9-week programme covers:

Week 1: Psychology and Criminal Profiling

Week 2: Friends and Frenemies

Week 3: What Makes a Criminal?

Week 4: Personality and Behaviour

Week 5: Social Influence

Week 6: The Teenage Brain and Risk Taking

Week 7: Forensic Psychology

Week 8: Crime and Punishment

Week 9: Youth Crime

The resource includes:

• 9 complete sessions
• Teacher PowerPoints
• Student worksheets and activities
• Criminal profiling activities
• Fictional crime case files
• Personality activities and quizzes
• Nature versus nurture activities
• Social influence and peer pressure activities
• Teenage brain and risk taking activities
• Forensic psychology activities
• Crime scene investigation activities
• Victimology and criminal profiling
• Mock trial materials
• Crime and punishment activities
• Youth crime activities
• Youth crime prevention campaign activity
• Teacher answers and guidance

Complete 9-week programme overview

This programme is suitable for KS3 and KS4 students and can be used to introduce students to Psychology before they make their GCSE and A Level subject choices.

It is particularly useful for schools looking to strengthen the pathway from KS3 to KS4 and KS5, build interest in Psychology across the school and encourage more students to consider Psychology as an A Level subject.

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