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Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)
Holloway
Full Time
Sep 2026
3 Year
This combined Criminology and Policing BSc degree will prepare you for a career within the criminal justice system in roles, such as policing, research or youth work. Taught by former police officers and internationally renowned academics, this course will give you a solid foundation in criminology and policing. You’ll explore the links between criminological theory, crime and victims, while placing an emphasis on approaches to policing in the UK. The course explores the fundamentals of criminological theory and examines the institutions at the heart of the criminal justice system including the courts, police, prison and probation services. This course will bring you to the forefront of the contemporary criminology and policing landscape. Our close links with organisations such as the Essex Police and Metropolitan Police allow us to invite practitioners from the criminal justice sector, who will give talks on subjects relevant to your study and include content from real cases. We also organise a Question Time style panel discussion, where you’ll get a chance to participate in a debate with a panel of course lecturers, probation officers, ex-offenders and police officers. Our teaching is enriched by contemporary case studies and practical tasks that will provide you with skills to measure and interpret crime, including qualitative and quantitative research methodologies. In your second and third years you’ll have the opportunity to pursue areas of criminology and policing that interest you the most through a wide range of modules that cover topics including terrorism, victimology and serial offenders. We place an emphasis on your future career prospects and there will be a work experience opportunity, allowing you to gain practical skills in a specific criminal justice area. Our staff, who have strong links with a range of key agencies, will help you explore a range of career options and offer advice.
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The module aims to: 1. Examine the emergence and development of criminological theory 2. Examine the different ways in which different criminological traditions theorise crime and its social control 3. Examine how the assumptions which underpin different traditions provide for different strategies of intervention and control 4. Develop students? learning and transferable skills in preparation for modules at levels 5 and 6.
The module gives a broad introductory overview of policing in terms of law enforcement and combating crime. It traces historically the evolutionary process of policing as a distinct function of the state. The module introduces the development of policing traditions in England and Wales in some detail and also offers a grounding for comparison with policing systems in some other jurisdictions.
The module aims to: 1. Examine the emergence and development of criminological and sociological theory; 2. Examine the different ways in which different criminological traditions theorise crime and its social control; 3. Examine how the assumptions which underpin different traditions provide for different strategies of intervention and control; 4. Develop students? learning and transferable skills in preparation for modules at levels 5 and 6.
Analyse the social construction of a social problem; Collate information on the location and scale of a social problem; Reflect upon sociological interpretations of a particular social problem; Outline policy responses to a particular social problem.
This module introduces students to the scope and functions of the Criminal Justice System (CJS) in England and Wales. It provides a broad overview of the mechanisms and aims of the CJS upon which students can build a more detailed knowledge of criminal justice policies, crime control, punishment and social control by the state, at levels 5 and 6. The module also specifically provides students with an introductory picture of the extent of officially recorded crime.
The module aims to: 1. Introduce and familiarise students with a wide range of criminological research; 2. Introduce students to various research methods and approaches used in criminological investigation; 3. Introduce students to a range of issues that need to be taken into account when undertaking criminological research. 4. Familiarise students with the processes involved in conducting criminological research and the structure and format of research reports adopted by academics; 5. Build and develop core academic skills and competences, including searching for sources, referencing, and reading and writing academically. 6. Prepare students for levels 5 and 6.
This module provides the foundation for an explicit, clear focus on social research throughout Sociology and related degrees in addition to supporting students to acquire understanding of and skills in academic literacy. The methodological principles and perspectives for effective social research are explained and also illustrated through exploration of research case studies. It will additionally provide experience in using the vast array of text, visual and statistical primary documentary sources and their interpretation for research. Research as process will be examined including main research approaches, the formulation and development of research questions and social, ethical and political contexts of research practice.
This module builds on level 4 introductory modules by focusing on specific categories of crime and behaviours, which have emerged as sources of concern. It gives attention to the emergence of concern about imagined dangerous groups, and moves on to more recent social anxieties. This includes the crimes associated with the socially and economically marginalized, and those associated with the economically and socially powerful. The central themes revolve around why some behaviours and some groups of people are ?constructed? as the focus of concern and special treatment. Equally, it considers why some crimes, such as corporate crime, or state crime, usually receive less attention. This exploration encourages reflection on how and why certain behaviours are defined and constructed as ?crime?, and ?social problems?.
The module aims to: 1. Develop an informed grasp of the strengths and limitations of survey research including identification and consideration of the ethical issues which may arise; 2. Develop students? competence in designing and conducting primary quantitative research in relation to data collection, analysis and report-writing; 3. Develop an informed grasp of the strengths and limitations of qualitative research including identification and consideration of the ethical issues which may arise 4. Develop students? competence in designing and conducting primary qualitative research in relation to data collection, analysis and report-writing 5. Examine the ways in which quantitative and qualitative data are created and used in professional settings such as the Home Office, the Metropolitan Police, voluntary sector organisations related to the Criminal Justice System and private sector organisations such as MORI and Gallup and so to enable students to work towards a career in the field of Criminology.
The module aims to:1. Explore the operational challenges and ethical dilemmas inherent in specialist police operations 2. Examine particular aspects of specialist policing in detail from both practical and academic viewpoints 3. Analyse the effectiveness of governance in relation to specialist policing operations 4. Compare and contrast different perspectives in relation to policing priorities. 5. To develop student communication and team working skills. 6. Improve critical analytical thinking for real world problems.
The module aims to: 1. Identify and explore key concepts underpinning crime control 2. Examine contemporary policies and practices of principal crime control agencies 3. Enable students to understand the linkages between contemporary crime control and wider social policy (and accompanying political debate) 4. Enhance analytic skills and instil a critical awareness through consideration of both official rhetoric and evidence together with the limitations of crime control policies and practice in a 'real world' context 5. Explore the application of criminological theories and concepts to penal policy and practice and encourage confidence in the use of varied learning and discursive strategies 6. Develop understanding of the operation of prisons and the role of imprisonment within the criminal justice system and wider society 7. Explore comparative penal perspectives and develop understanding of diversity within penal policy and practice.
The module aims to: 1. Give students the opportunity to reflect upon their learning to date and define and research a topic of interest to them in the light of that experience. 2. Give students the opportunity to design and plan an independent research project and to produce a research proposal outlining the field of interest, proposed methodology and ethical considerations. 3. Enable students to produce a written piece of research which demonstrates awareness of the relationship between criminology and related fields and the limits of knowledge.
a. To provide students with an overview of the key theoretical concepts within victimology. b. To identify to some of the social and political factors that placed victims at the forefront of academic and professional discourses. c. To encourage students to critically appraise the nature and extent of victimisation. To develop student ability to research, analyse, and communicate their thoughts relating to victimisation, victim policy and practice.
