COURSE DESCRIPTION

Criminology is about the study of crime, crime control and how social ‘groups’ can become corrupt. It spans ‘street-level’ crime to global terrorism and cybercrime. 

On this course you’ll investigate real national and international issues including:

• –   Why do certain people commit crimes?
• –   How does our criminal justice system work?
• –   Why do some people abuse others?
• –   How do the victims of the abuse cope with their experiences?
• –   Why people from different social, racial and ethnic backgrounds are reported to be more likely to commit, and become victims of crimes?
• –   How we can improve the relationships between young people and police?
• –   Global crime problems and their impact worldwide.

The Criminology BSc (Hons) combines the study of society, politics, law, psychology and culture. It will help you to understand offending behavior and peoples’ responses to illegal and harmful activity. The course also identifies how fear of crime has a profound influence on our feelings of security and well-being. It explores cultural representations of criminality and investigates how this relates to questions of social identity like class, race and ethnicity, gender, age and sexuality.