Security Education Note JSS3/Basic 9

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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.

CLASS WORK

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,

COMMON CRIMES AND ASSOCIATED PUNISHMENT

SECURITY EDUCATION JSS 3 SECOND TERM SCHEME

WEEKS TOPICS

1                             COMMON CRIMES AND ASSOCIATED PUNISHMENT

2                               AVOIDING CRIMINAL BEHAVIOUR

3                              CRIMES AND NATIONAL SECURITY

4                                CRIMES AND NATIONAL SECURITY

5                              CRIMES AND NATIONAL SECURITY

6                              CRIMES AND NATIONAL SECURITY

7                               EFFECTS OF CRIMES ON NATIONAL SECURITY

8                                    GENERAL REVISION

9                                   EXAMINATION

WEEK1

TOPIC; FOOD CONTAMINATION AND ADULTERATION

Food contamination means the presence of injurious or harmful chemicals and microorganisms in food which can cause illness for the consumer,

Food can be contaminated in any of the following ways;

1. Exposure to dust
2. Exposure to flies and cockroaches, rats, etc.
3. Inadequate washing of hands and fingernails in the process of preparing food or when food is being served.
4. Improper washing of utensils used in preparing other foods,
5. Exposure to animal or human wastes particularly vegetables and fruits
6. Washing of cooking utensils, vegetables and fruits with dirty water
7. Poor personal hygiene of those who prepare food
8. Improper handling ,preparing and storing g of food

Effects of contamination

Food contamination can lead to food poisoning which can lead to death

Prevention of food contamination

1. Hygienically preparing food
2. Keeping raw foods separate from ready-to-eat food
3. Constantly washing of hands and fingernails

Punishment of food contamination

According to counterfeit and fake drugs and unwholesome processed foods Act, the punishment is;

A jail term of between 5 and 15 years or a fine of not more than N500, 000 or both.

FOOD ADULTERATION

Food adulteration is an act of intentionally reducing the quality of food by adding inferior substances or removing valuable ingredients, For instance, palm oil is adulterated if other substances are added to increase the content in order to make profit,

Common food products that are often adulterated in Nigeria

1. Palm oil
2. Milk
3. Honey
4. Fruit juice
5. Coffee
6. Ground pepper

Reasons for increase in Existence of Adulterated food and drugs in Nigeria

Improper enforcement of existing laws against offenders

Effect of corruption

1. Greed and tendency to make fast money
2. High level of illiteracy

Effects of food Adulteration

1. Ill-health
2. Increase in death rate
3. Decrease in life expectancy
4. Fall in export for our goods
5. Fall in foreign exchange earning
6. Bad image in the comity of nations

Punishment of food Adulteration

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

Besides, according to counterfeit and fake drugs and unwholesome processed foods, act, the punishment is a jail term of between 5 and 15 years or a fine of not more than N500, 000 or both.

CLASSWORK

1. What do you understand by food contamination
2. State five ways food can be contaminated

ASSIGNMENT

State some criminal behaviours in the society

WEEK 2

AVOIDING CRIMINAL BAHAVIOURS

Criminal behaviours are antisocial behaviours. They are behaviours the society and the law frown at, also known as unacceptable behaviors in our society.

How to avoid criminal behaviours

1. Stay away from bad gangs
2. Refuse to participate in crime
3. Look for job
4. Work on your temper
5. Ensure you don’t drop out of school
6. Find a way out of drug addiction

Security tips on how to avoid criminal behaviours

1. Carefully choose friends or the company you keep
2. Avoid allowing strangers into your compound or apartment
3. Spend more money on security  of your environment or home
4. Be careful with dangerous objects
5. Keep valuables jealously

Preventing / solving problems of criminal behaviours

1. Make access to your home difficult.
2. Children should be given sound moral upbringings
3. Parents should check the kinds of friends their children keep.
4. Invest on security as much as you can

CLASSWORK

1. Define criminal behavior
2. State how criminal behaviours can be avoided
3. State the solutions to criminal behavior

ASSIGNMENT

Explain national security.

WEEK 3

National security could mean any defense arrangement or plan by a nation which is good enough to successfully resist hostile or destructive action within or outside a country.

Crimes that affect national security

The following are some of the crimes that affect national security;

PIPELINE VANDALISATION

 This is an unpatriotic act of willfully destroying pipes that carry petroleum products.it brings unnecessary hardship on the nation as these products become scarce and expensive, it also leads to water pollution and destruction of farmlands used for agriculture purposes.

Causes of pipeline vandalisation

1. Grievance with government
2. Get rich quick syndrome’
3. Lack of patriotism for the nation

Effects of pipeline vandalism

1. Loss of life
2. Loss of revenue by government
3. Insufficient funds for government projects
4. Suffering and hardship
5. Scarcity of petroleum products
6. Fire incidents
7. Oil spillage

Prevention of pipeline vandalism

1. Government should dialogue with Niger delta leader,
2. More security measure should be put in place to protect the pipelines
3. Urgent steps should be taken to bring visible development of oil producing areas

CLASSWORK

1. What is pipeline vandalisation
2. What are the causes of pipeline vandalisation

ASSIGNMENT

Explain illegal oil bunkering

WEEK 4

ILLEGAL OF OIL BUNKERING

It is direct tapping of oil by individuals or group of individuals without government approval, in simple words, it means stealing of petroleum products through the pipeline or any other means.

Causes of illegal oil bunkering

1. Crave for wealth
2. Unemployment
3. Economic hardship and suffering
4. Influence of friends

Effects of illegal oil bunkering

1. Drastic fall in government revenue
2. Insufficient funds to run the economy
3. Fire disasters
4. Loss of innocent lives
5. Shortage of petroleum products
6. Sale of adulterated petroleum product is encourage

Importation of expired foods and drugs

This is the act of bringing in expired products particularly foods and drugs from another country.

Some unpatriotic citizens often collude with foreigners to import expired canned food, frozen foods, and drugs create more health problems for the citizens.

The effect of these nefarious activities is more diseases which sometimes lead to death.

Causes Importation of expired foods and drugs

1. love of money
2. Corrupt security agents
3. Porous borders,

Effects Importation of expired foods and drugs

1. Death
2. Increase in diseases and illness
3. Bad image on the nation

Prevention Importation of expired foods and drugs

1. Tight borders
2. Purging of the security agents at the borders
3. Strict check of imported goods by NAFDAC officers
4. Punishment of the offenders

CLASSWORK

1. What is illegal oil bunkering?
2. State two causes of illegal oil bunkering
3. list two effects and solutions to illegal oil bunkering

ASSIGNMENT

Explain terrorism and insurgency

WEEK 5

TERRORISM AND INSURGENCY

Terrorism is any act of violence and threats which often lead to injury, death, loss of peace and orderliness in a society or community,

Causes of terrorism

1. Religious intolerance
2. Hatred for government’s policies
3. Foreign influence

Effects of terrorism

1. Severe injury
2. Death of innocent citizens
3. Political instability
4. Chaos and riots

Prevention of terrorism

1. Religious tolerance
2. Strong security of national borders
3. The military should be well equipped and trained to ward off any terrorist activity no matter how insignificant
4. Citizens should be loyal and patriotic to their leaders

INSURGENCY

An insurgency according to Wikipedia is a rebellion against authority,

Causes of insurgency

1. Economic hardship
2. Bad governance
3. Religious problem
4. Perceived marginalization by government

Effects of insurgency

1. It may lead to full blown war
2. It may complicate economic problems
3. Loss of lives
4. Incessant violence in the society
5. It discourage foreign investors

Prevention of insurgency

1. God governance
2. more jobs for the masses even development of the country
3. unity, equity, fairness, and justice

CLASSWORK

1. What is terrorism?
2. What are the causes of terrorism
3. state three solutions to problems of terrorism in Nigeria

ASSIGNMENT

Explain Arson

                WEEK 6

ARSON/KIDNAPPING

Arson in a simple sense means intentionally setting fire on a property or something, it has also been described as the crime of intentionally, deliberately and maliciously setting building, farmlands, vehicles or other property on fire with the aim of causing damage,

It is a major threat to national security,

Cause of Arson

1. Hatred against government policy
2. Political disagreement
3. Effort to cover up crimes by destroying useful documents needed for prosecution
4. May lead to unemployment

Effects of Arson

1. It retards economic growth
2. It may claim precious lives
3. Financial loss for businessmen
4. May cause scarcity of goods
5. May lead to unemployment

Prevention of Arson

1. Government properties should be properly secured
2. Offenders should receive stiff punishment
3. Communities should put measure in place to secure government properties in their area

KIDNAPPING

Kidnapping is an act of unlawfully transporting or holding a person in a particular place for the purpose of collecting a ransom for his release.

Causes of kidnapping

1. Desire for monetary gain
2. Tendency to revenge against a person
3. Political gain
4. Fight against the government
5. Youth unemployment

Effects of kidnapping

1. it brings unnecessary tension in the society
2. it increase crime rates in the country
3. it scares away foreign investors
4. it causes political instability

Prevention of kidnapping

1. Strict laws should be enacted by the legislature
2. Stiff punishment for the offenders
3. Education of the masses by the government
4. Good governance to improve the economy

CLASSWORK

1. What is arson?
2. State two causes of arson?
3. State five effects of arson
4. What is kidnapping?

ASSIGNMENT

Explain some of the effects of crimes on national security

WEEK 7

EFFECTS OF CRIMES ON SECURITY

The following are some of the effects of crimes on national security;

1. More funds is spent on security rather than development
2. Heavy spending on ammunition makes the economy to suffer
3. Fear of insecurity increases
4. Foreign investors become apprehensive and may leave the country
5. Proliferation of ammunition in the society
6. Curbing crimes that affects national security
7. Security agents must be patriotic
8. Government should procure necessary ammunition to fight all forms of crimes
9. Non-interference in criminal cases by the executive

CLASSWORK

1. What do you understand by national security?
2. Mention five crimes that affects national security

ASSIGNMENT

1. What is theft?
2. State four cases of crime