Security Education Lesson Note JSS3/Basic 9 First Term

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COMMON CRIME

SECURITY SCHEME OF WORK JSS3 FIRST TERM

WEEKS                                      TOPICS

1. COMMON CRIMES ASSOCIATED PUNISHMENT; THEFT/RAPE
2. COMMON CRIMES
3. COMMON CRIMES AND ASSOCIATED PUNISHMENT, DRUG TRAFFICKING
4. COMMON CRIME
5.  HUMAN TRAFFICKING
6.  HUMAN TRAFFICKING
7. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
8. MURDER
9.  DRUG CONTAMINATION
10.  DRUG ADULTERATION
11. REVISION
12. EXAMINATION

WEEK 1

THEFT;

MEANING OF THEFT;

This is the act of stealing another person’s property, it has to do with taking another person’s property without his/her permission, For instance, if a student takes his colleagues biro or book without permission, it is theft,

CAUSES OF THEFT

1. Lack of contentment
2. crave for money and materialism
3. covetousness
4. kleptomania
5. peer group influence
6. laziness

EFFECTS OF THEFT

1. It tarnishes good image
2. it attracts serious punishment
3. it unleashes hardship on the victim
4. it may lead to huge financial loss on the victim

PUNISHMENT FOR THEFT

1. Life imprisonment
2. seven years imprisonment
3. Three years imprisonment
4. Twenty years imprisonment

The major punishment for theft by law is imprisonment, the number of months or years to be spent in prison depends on what is stolen and the mode of stealing, the judge will have to determine this, in Islamic judicial system [sharia], some people may lose their hand or leg for stealing.

CLASSWORK

1. What is theft?
2. state the causes of theft
3. list any four effects of theft
4. What is the punishment for theft?

ASSIGNMENT

State one punishment for Rape.      

WEEK2

RAPE

Rape is an act of having forceful sexual interaction with another person particularly a female gender, the female gender most often fall victim of rape by the male, but in few cases, a man can also be raped by a woman.

Rape is a very serious crime, it often leaves the victim with bruises and serious wounds,

Sometimes, the victim dies while being raped or later after the crime is committed.

CAUSES OF RAPE

1. Exposure to pornography
2. peer influence
3. movement during odd hours
4. indecent dressing
5. Immoral music
6. occultic activities
7. Lack of self-control

EFFECTS OF RAPE

1. Psychological trauma
2. Health problems
3. Danger of contracting HIV/AIDS
4. Social stigmatization.

PUNISHMENT

The punishment for RAPE is imprisonment, the judge also determines the duration of imprisonment based on the seriousness of the crime, other forms of punishment include;

1. Life imprisonment
2. 14years imprisonment for sexual offence
3. 10years for incest

CLASSWORK

1. What is rape?
2. What are the punishment for Rape?

ASSIGNMENT

Explain drug trafficking

WEEK 3

DRUG TRAFFICKING

Drug trafficking refers to the illegal act of carrying or transporting hard drugs like cocaine, heroin, Indian hemp and many others within or outside a country,

Those who engage in this illegal business are called drug traffickers or drug barons

Drug trafficking is a serious offence which attracts death sentence in some countries like INDONESIA, SAUDI ARABIA, MALAYSIA, ETC;

Drug traffickers are treats to the security of the nation,

WHY PEOPLE ENGAGE IN DRUG TRAFFICKING

1. Poverty
2. lucrativeness of the business
3. peer influence
4. ignorance of the implications
5. Greed
6. Unemployment

EFFECTS OF DRUG TRAFFICKING

The effects of drug trafficking include the following;

1. it dents the nations image
2. it attracts imprisonment
3. it causes untimely death
4. it increases crime rates
5. it brings shame to the family

PREVENTION OF DRUG TRAFFICKING

Education; children in primary and secondary schools should be exposed to the basic facts about drugs trafficking

1. provision of more Jobs
2. poverty Alleviation programs
3. support for law enforcement agents
4. international cooperation

PUNISHMENT FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING

1. imprisonment
2. death
3. forfeiture of Assets

CLASSWORK

1. What do you understand by drug trafficking?
2. state five reasons why people engage in drug trafficking
3. List four ways of preventing drugs trafficking
4. state the punishment for drug trafficking,

ASSIGNMENT;

Explain human trafficking

 WEEK 4

HUMAN TRAFFICKING

This is an illegal act of transferring persons from one place to the other for exploitation purposes, it is a crime against humanity.

The act is carried out through the use of force, abduction, deception, abuse of power, etc

Human trafficking is done for many reasons among which are sexual exploitation, forced labour, slavery and other reasons,

CAUSES OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING

1. Poverty; the inability of many families to provide the basic necessities of life has led them to releasing their children for trafficking, they believed that income generated through the children would help them in living a better life.
2. Porous borders; if there is no tight security at our borders, it will be easy for the traffickers to move freely across them, but if there is tight security, generating the borders would be an uphill task for traffickers and this will force them to discontinue this practice.
3. bad economy
4. unemployment
5. Crave for wealth
6. Lack of stiff punishment for traffickers
7. Peer group influence
8. Greed

EFFECTS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING

1. Dents on the nation image
2. Increase in the level of illiteracy
3. Human rights violation
4. Child growth retardation
5. Tendency to contact HIV/AIDS
6. Death
7. Sexual abuse and harassment
8. Psychological trauma

PREVENTIVE MEASURES OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING

1. Compulsory education
2. Appropriate legislation
3. Public enlightenment
4. Stiff punishment
5. Improvement of the economy
6. Tight security at borders
7. Proper up bring of children

PUNISHMENT OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING

The punishment for human trafficking is 5-10 years imprisonment depending on the gravity of the offence,

CLASSWORK

1. What do you understand by children and women trafficking?
2. State four causes of children and women trafficking
3. What can be done to stop children and women trafficking?

ASSIGNMENT

Explain domestic Victim

WEEK 5

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Domestic violence is a pattern of behavior which involves violence or other abuse by one person against another in a domestic setting, domestic violence also refers to the physical abuse of a spouse or intimate partner. Examples of domestic abuse or violence includes name calling, keeping a partner from contacting the family or friends, withholding money, intimidation, sexual assault, etc.

FORMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

1. Physical form; this involves threatening to hurt or actually hurting someone, it includes kicking, slapping, rape, beating, etc.
2. Social form; This involves teasing, insulting and embarrassing one in front of other people.
3. Economic form; This involves psychological torture,
4. Spiritual; This involves someone hindering you from having personal opinion, ideas about cultural and religious beliefs and values.

Causes of domestic violence

1. joblessness, particularly the head of the family
2. Drug addiction
3. Childlessness
4. Infertility
5. Influence of friends and relations

Effects of domestic violence

1. Broken home
2. Psychological trauma
3. Wayward children
4. Injury may cause permanent damage
5. Stigmatization

Punishment of Domestic Violence

Section 36 of Nigeria criminal code imposes a 2years imprisonment for unlawful and indecent assault of a woman or a girl while section 353 of the code also imposes a 3year imprisonment on unlawful and indecent assault of a male person, There is also a 10years jail term for rape,

CLASSWORK

Explain domestic violence

ASSIGNMENT

State one punishment for domestic violence

WEEK 8

MURDER

This is the act of taking another person’s life ,it is the act of killing another person by using hand, gun, club,  stone, any other materials or methods

Causes of murder

1. uncontrolled anger
2. Jealousy
3. Robbery
4. Vengeance
5. Politics
6. Business deals
7. Land tussle,etc

Effects of murder

1. Psychological trauma on the family
2. Mental disorder
3. Financial difficulty
4. Life imprisonment
5. Death penalty

Punishment of murder

Murder usually carries death penalty, This could be in form of;

1. Hanging
2. Shooting
3. stoning

CLASSWORK

1. What is domestic violence?
2. What are the forms of domestic violence?
3. What is murder?
4. State the punishment for murder?

ASSIGNMENT

Explain drug adulteration

WEEK 9 AND 10

DRUG CONTAMINATION AND ADULTERATION

Drug contamination occurs when toxic chemicals mix with original ingredients used in production of a drug or medicine.

Such drugs become poison to the body system and most often when taken kill the user.

Drug contamination can occur where the ingredients are procured from unauthorized or unregistered companies, it can also occur where chemicals for production of other drugs mistakenly mix another drug being produced.

There could also be contamination where bottles or sachet have contaminants, The environment and the process of producing the drug can also make it to be contaminated,

Cases of drug contamination in Nigeria

My pikin baby teething mixture; In November 2008,it was widely reported that a teething baby syrup, my pikin, produced by a pharmaceutical company in Lagos killed some babies.

Health officials revealed that a batch of the products contained an industrial solvent and an ingredient in anti-freeze and brake fluid. The report added that the ingredient was obtained from an unregistered chemical dealer,

The pharmaceutical company was eventually shut down by NAFDAC

A similar incident occurred in 1990, when about 109 Nigerian children died after taking a contaminated drug, these two cases are just few out of many that happened in different countries of the world at one time or the other claiming precious lives

Effects of drugs contamination

1. loss of precious lives
2. Psychological problems for those who lost their loved ones

Punishment of drugs contamination

It is determined by the court based on the gravity of the offence.

DRUG ADULTERATION

Drug adulteration has been described as the practice of substituting original drug partially or wholly with other similar-looking substances,

it can be defined as the intentional mixing of inferior and harmful quality of a substance or chemical with drugs meant for sale, it renders the drugs impure, harmful and injurious for human consumption,

Types of drug adulteration

1. Substitution by commercial varieties
2. Substitution with inferior drugs
3. Substitution with artificially manufactured substances
4. Substitution with expired drugs
5. Substitution with synthetic materials
6. Substitution with harmful adulterants

Effects of drug Adulteration

1. It creates further health problems in the body,
2. It may lead to death of innocent consumers

Punishment of drug Adulteration

It is determined by the court based on the gravity of the offence.

CLASSWORK

1. What is drug contamination?
2. State three effects of drug contamination.
3. What do you understand by drug adulteration?
4. List five types of drug adulteration.

ASSIGNMENT

State the punishment for drug contamination and adulteration