• Students also frame their study of criminology in a wider analysis of contemporary societies, exploring a range of theoretical perspectives and going beyond common-sense explanations.
  • They gain insight into key sociological issues and concepts such as inequality, identity, and social change alongside thinking through the motivations for crime, its wider social context, and gaining an in-depth understanding of the criminal justice system.
  • Students also get the opportunity to think about crime and other social problems at the local and global levels. This program's combination of subjects allows them to focus on and think critically about the social world in which they live.
  • Students' dissertation and module options give them the opportunity to specialize in areas as diverse as criminal justice, consumer culture, work and leisure, and crimes of the powerful. Many graduates go on to a career with the police or probation services, or into community development roles.