Overview

Combining two exciting and complementary disciplines, this fascinating degree explores social issues and problems, with a particular emphasis on crime, victimisation, justice and punishment. You will examine debates on these criminological areas in socio-economic and political contexts at the local, national and transnational levels of society.

Our course has been designed by experienced current teaching staff including qualified educationalists and former criminal justice practitioners, active researchers and experts in areas such as race, gender, media, sexuality and class.

We have excellent links with local organisations and employers, many of whom provide work placements. Such links currently include the Citizens Advice Bureau and local Council.

Course information

If you have a curious, analytical mind and are interested in crime and its effects on individuals and society at large, this course engages you in challenging and often emotive debates about human behaviour and the societies we live in.

Underpinned by core sociological and criminological theories and research methods, our degree focuses on crime and criminal justice in a broad, social and global context, including its effect on individuals, families, communities and workplaces. We will draw on case studies from around the world, rather than exclusively from Britain, as social and political changes such as migration, employment, war and conflict have an impact on patterns in crime and social relations.