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Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)
Holloway Campus
Full Time
Sep 2026
3 Year
Our Criminology and Sociology BSc (Hons) degree will equip you with the tools and understanding to analyse crime in a social context and support individuals affected by it. During the course you’ll explore the relationship between crime, race, gender, wealth and society, while building the skills you’ll need to undertake effective social and criminological research. In our teaching we’ll employ contemporary case studies that will make you aware of the latest challenges faced by society and the innovative ways to deal with them. This course is unique among other criminology programmes in the UK owing to its focus on youth crime and sociology. You’ll look at issues that influence violence and crime amongst the youth, including consumerism, music, technology and sub-cultures. London Met’s criminology and sociology lecturers have the professional experience and expert insight to help you progress through your course. You’ll be guaranteed support and access your lecturers, allowing you to focus on your studies and get all your academic questions answered. We’ll offer you the opportunity to undertake a work experience placement to give you the practical experience of working in the field. After graduation you’ll be ready for a career in the criminal justice system, the police, third sector organisations and more.
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 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 will provide students with an introduction to the discipline of Sociology and some of the basic skills of identifying, applying and evaluating sociological approaches, concepts and debates to everyday situations (LO1; LO2). It will also provide an introduction to constructing sociological arguments, thinking critically and assessing sociological evidence (LO3; LO4).
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.
This module explores theories and conceptions of racism and ethnicity, and the practices of racism in contemporary societies. The historical roots of racism will be examined and its contemporary forms studied comparatively. Racism is specifically explored within the context of social and political conflicts.
This module introduces students to some of the key sociological approaches used to explore and explain the sociological notion of ?self?. This will involve an examination of a range of major 20th century sociological thinkers on the nature of the social construction of self - e.g. Mead, Goffman - and its constrains - e.g. Parsons, Merton and Dahrendorf. The intention is to use some of the major sociological theorists and apply their insights into current concerns with the ?project? of self and identity. That is, to examine how much choice we have in becoming who we are.
To introduce students to sociological understanding and methodology of observing and explaining the everyday life: its routines, rhythms and those aspects of social life that we consider familiar and known.
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.
The module introduces students to the key concepts and theories relating to the social construction of gender and sexuality and their application to a range of social sectors and issues in the UK and abroad. The ways in which gender and sexuality are both constitutive of the social and are constituted through social structures, institutions and interactions are explored, as are the ways in which theories of gender and sexuality have informed the sociological study of the family, work, health, education, crime, the welfare state and politics, media and the body.
This module will provide students with an opportunity to engage with contemporary thinkers and debates in social theory. They will be required to critically examine the ideas of contemporary social theorists and explore the application of their ideas to an ever-changing world (LO1; LO2). The module will explore what it means to be human and examine how different perspectives on this impact upon a range of issues, from state policies to the development of artificial intelligence. Overall, the aim of the module is to develop the students? capacity to utilise theoretical ideas taken from philosophy and sociological theory by applying them to the social world (LO3; LO4).
This module aims to exploit specialisms residing within the criminology team in London met so that students can apply theories to exciting and relevant areas of criminology
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