• BA Criminology course enables students to understand why crime has become a dominant social problem, and how crime and criminal behaviour relating to other social issues.
  • Gain knowledge from their close links with agencies and professionals in the field of criminal justice.
  • Work closely with their interdisciplinary team, with specialisms across sociology, psychology, law, social work, and probation practice.
  • Take seminars in a local prison and study alongside prison-based students.
  • Participate in field trips to criminal justice-related locations, including Manchester Crown Court.
  • Students will develop skills relevant to a variety of key professions concerned with criminal justice and crime reduction, including the police, prisons, offender management, youth justice and victimisation.
  • Study at a top ten UK university for Law (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2019).
  • Study a course with excellent student satisfaction (91% of students are satisfied with their experience, NSS 2019).