Students develop a questioning and critical approach to the understanding of criminal behaviour, young people and society. Students also gain skills in analysing theories and evidence, and applying research methods to develop knowledge.
Criminology is concerned with the nature, patterns and explanations of criminal behaviour. Students examine the changing patterns of criminal behaviour, study a range of explanations, and understand the repercussions for the individual and society.
This course provides students the opportunity to study the transformations of the social world from a sociological perspective linking it with the theoretical and empirical debates regarding issues inherent within Criminology.
Psychology is the science of mind and behaviour and considers both individuals and groups. A range of normal and abnormal human behaviours is studied.
For students who do not want to be limited to a single academic discipline. UCM offers 150 courses in almost all academic disciplines. The 3-year programme is entirely in English.
Pompeu Fabra University
The objective of the new degree in Criminology and Public Prevention Policies is for students to acquire knowledge in the fields of law, political and social sciences and biology and psychology and to be able to apply them in a specific field - criminality
Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge Campus
Forensic science is the application of scientific disciplines and techniques that may be used to produce evidence acceptable in a court of law. Recent advances in forensic science, most famously in DNA analysis, have combined to greatly increase the investigating powers of practising forensic scientists, making this a field of increasing importance and relevance.
University of Bradford
The programmes allow you considerable flexibility in the study pathway that you follow. In addition to the choice of specialism and the choice of research or commercial experience, third-year exits (with a BSc qualification rather than MChem) are possible for those who choose not to develop further experience.
University of Portsmouth
The BSc (Hons) Counter Fraud and Criminal Justice Studies is a unique course open to those working within the counter fraud profession. It attempts to expand your knowledge, enhance your key skills and improve your professional effectiveness and career prospects.
Pompeu Fabra University
The UPF degree course in Law provides general, theoretical and practical training that provides an understanding of the structure and workings of legal systems and their regulations, assimilation of the basic regulatory contents of the various branches of law and the ability to apply techniques of reasoning and interpretation of legal regulations. This general and basic legal training is complemented by an introduction to the knowledge and methodology of other branches of the social sciences (economics, statistics and political science).
Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge Campus
Our course debates and challenges misconceptions of crime scene investigation, policing, sex offending and miscarriages of justice, through case studies and close examination of the criminal justice process. The trial process is examined in depth, as well as historical and contemporary representations of rehabilitation, punishment and retribution.
The University of Manchester
The aim of the first year is to provide a broad introduction to the social sciences, to provide some of the basic transferable skills you will need as a student and in later life and to enable you to make an informed choice of the subject areas you will study in the second and third year. In the second year you can take the majority of your course modules in a single area, but many students choose to work within two, and sometimes three, areas. In the final year you specialise in one area or combine two areas of study. In total, more than 260 course units are available, giving you remarkable choice and the opportunity to put together a programme of study that suits your particular interests.