This course focuses on the study of crime, deviance, and the criminal justice system. It will develop student's understanding of the concepts, theories, and principles of criminology and their application across a range of case studies and examples.

Students will study:

• The cause and effect of criminal actions
• The form and outcome of social disorders
• The policing and regulation of public order
• The procedures and techniques of the criminal justice system
• The relationship between behaviors and punishments.

Through combining criminological theory with training in professional social research, students will graduate with a broad range of communicative, analytical, and organizational skills – and the confidence to apply them in their future careers.