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Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)
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Full Time
SEP-25
4 Years
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Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)
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Full Time
SEP-25
4 Years
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- Through a work placement or volunteering internship option you will be able to apply and practice your skills and gain valuable experience for your future career.- You will learn about the criminal justice system, debate the application of justice, and consider miscarriages of justice in a case study approach.- You will learn from fieldwork and practitioners to root your studies in real world contexts.
About this courseThis course will enable you study a wide range of criminal justice topics, considering the causes of crime, its consequences for individuals and society, and responses to crime.You will explore how the criminal justice system works, including policing, imprisonment and rehabilitation strategies.Notions of justice in a global context will be considered, alongside an examination of justice and miscarriages of justice through case studies. You will hear from practitioners who work in the criminal justice system and have opportunities to conduct field work in areas of criminal justice in order to root your classroom learning in real world situations.
Professional Placement YearThis course has a professional placement year which takes place between Year 2 and your Final Year. During this year, you will take a placement within a relevant setting, ensuring you gain essential experience to add to your CV and help you secure a graduate job.
Future SkillsEmbedded within every course curriculum and throughout the whole Kingston experience, Future Skills will play a role in shaping you to become a future-proof graduate, providing you with the skills most valued by employers such as problem-solving, digital competency, and adaptability.As you progress through your degree, you'll learn to navigate, explore and apply these graduate skills, learning to demonstrate and articulate to employers how future skills give you the edge.At Kingston University, we're not just keeping up with change, we're creating it.
Career opportunitiesYou will be well placed for careers in the criminal justice system, charities, and the private sector.There are many employers located in London. For example, the Police (six police services), the Prison Service (14 prisons) and Probation Service, 32 local authorities (community safety, trading standards, youth justice work), the Crown Prosecution Service, College of Policing, Security Service, the Police Foundation, Liberty, Amnesty International, the National Health Service (fraud), Amnesty International, private sector (e.g. G4S and Securitas) and Charities (e.g. Appeal, Victim Support, NACRO).These organisations offer a range of roles, using practical skills (interviews, managing cases), analysis work (exploring data and crime trends), research (writing proposals and collecting research data), and management (managing security contracts, managing offenders).You may also have the opportunity to apply for a postgraduate course required to become a probation officer, a conversion course/SQE to pursue a law career or a postgraduate qualification to pursue a research career in the Home Office and Ministry of Justice, among other research opportunities.
Exam type
A levelA level:
BBC - ABB Grades / Points required
Scottish Higher:
BBCCC - BBBBC Grades / Points required
UCAS Tariff:
112 - 128 Grades / Points required
Access to HE Diploma:
D:15,M:30 Grades / Points required
AS:
Not currently available, please contact university for up to date information.
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme:
26 Grades / Points required
Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017):
H3,H3,H3,H3,H4 - H2,H2,H3,H3,H3 Grades / Points required
OCR Cambridge Technical Certificate:
Not currently available, please contact university for up to date information.
OCR Cambridge Technical Diploma:
D*D* Grades / Points required
OCR Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma:
DMM - DDM Grades / Points required
OCR Cambridge Technical Foundation Diploma:
Not currently available, please contact university for up to date information.
OCR Cambridge Technical Introductory Diploma:
Not currently available, please contact university for up to date information.
OCR Cambridge Technical Subsidiary Diploma:
Not currently available, please contact university for up to date information.
Pearson BTEC Diploma (QCF):
D*D* Grades / Points required
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016):
DMM - DDM Grades / Points required
T Level:
M Grades / Points required
Other A Level combinations possible to achieve 112 - 128 points. Minimum of 2 A Levels, can be combined with other Level 3 qualifications eg. AS levels/Extended Project to achieve 112 – 128 points.
Scottish Highers (only)
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112 UCAS points from an Access course in a related subject.Applicants under 21 years will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
Can be considered in combination with other Level 3 qualifications e.g. A2's in different subjects.
Not currently available, please contact university for up to date information.
Typically from a minimum 5 Higher Level subjects
Combined with other level 3 qualifications to achieve 128 tariff points
Grade combinations below 112 points considered when combined with other Level 3 qualifications.
Grade combinations below DMM may be considered when combined with other Level 3 qualifications.
Combined with other level 3 qualifications to achieve 112 tariff points
Combined with other level 3 qualifications to achieve 112 tariff points
Combined with other level 3 qualifications to achieve 112 tariff points
Grade combinations below 112 points considered when combined with other Level 3 qualifications.
Grade combinations below DMM may be considered when combined with other Level 3 qualifications.
Grade combinations below this may be considered if / when combined with other Level 3 qualifications.
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