Report VS Essay

Amie Wilson
 Social Factors Assessment
• The unit will be assessed by way of one
assignment.

• Assignment: REPORT
• Word count: 1000

• Due date: 22.1.20

• All submissions will be expected to be Word processed and not hand written. All coursework must
be unloaded via Google Classroom
 Part A
Candidates must cover the following sections to achieve
the following Learning outcomes.

• Explain the social forces and cultures that form a

context in which violent youths groups can emerge
(LO1)
• Analyse the impact of mass/multimedia and social
media on young people, youth violence and gangs
(LO2)
• Identify and describe the wider impact of youth
culture on youth violence and on gang culture (LO3)
 Part B
Candidates must cover the following sections to achieve
the following Learning outcomes

• Explain the concept of belonging within groups

including within a gang related environment. (LO4)
• Explain the relationship between violent young
people, gangs and crime. (LO5)
• Explain the reasons that girls join gangs and the
impact and the impact it may have on them. (LO6)
• Assess the impact of family in the socialisation process
of young people and the reason for the development
of deviance (LO7)
 Report includes
• Front page relevant picture and students name.
• Content page refers to all the information contained in Report.
• An introduction that describes the purpose of the report, explains why it
is necessary and/or useful, and sets out its precise aims and objectives.
• A methods (or methodology) section that describes and justifies the
methods used to collect data.
• A results (also called findings) section that simply presents the results of
the research (so it may consist mainly of tables, charts, diagrams etc.)
• A discussion (sometimes called analysis or interpretation) that analyses
• A conclusion that summarises the report, often revisiting the aims and
objectives.
• Recommendations, where the writer uses the results and conclusions of
the report to make practical suggestions about the problem or issue being
discussed.
• What is in red is not required
 Report

content page
 Report
A report is divided into separate, headed (and
sometimes numbered) sections and sub-
sections.
 Report

• A report may contain tables, charts and

diagrams.
 Report

• Reports often include recommendations for

action.
• The description in a report often includes
comment on how the research could be improved
and extended.
• Reports often present data and findings that you
have collected yourself, for example through a
survey, experiment or case study, or by applying
theory to your workplace.
•
• Essays do not usually have sections; they flow
as a continuous piece of writing.
 Essay

• Essays focus on analysing or evaluating

theory, past research by other people, and
ideas.
• Essays do not speak in first person
• Essays do not include recommendations.
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