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136 | Criminology, Education and Sociology
Criminology
BA (Hons)
Why study this course?
Criminology at Keele was Top 10 in the Guardian League Tables for 2018. We
continue to offer a dynamic and cutting-edge programme. You will learn from
active criminological researchers who specialise in areas such as criminal justice,
prisons, rehabilitation, community safety and a range of different forms of policing.
Criminology is a rapidly developing field which draws on insights and
methods from disciplines such as law, social sciences, and psychology
to explore crime, crime control and justice from a range of perspectives.
You will examine such issues as the impact of crime on society and on
victims. You will be able to gain insights into how society responds to
crime through systems of crime control, the workings of our criminal
justice institutions, as well as through media representations. You will
gain a critical understanding and detailed insight into the politics and
development of criminal justice policy.
You will learn about the nature and causes of crime and offending and
explore the methods used to collect and analyse criminological data
– vital skills for a future career in a range of sectors, including criminal
justice.
What will this mean for my future?
A Criminology degree from Keele opens up a wide range of career
options in the fields of policing, crime reduction, offender rehabilitation
or community safety. It provides an entry to further study or training to
allow you to work as a probation officer, social worker, youth worker,
prison officer or a solicitor. You can also aspire to work in areas such
as victim support, penal reform and advocacy, the courts or in local or
central government.
INDICATIVE MODULES
First Year
• Understanding Crime
• Criminal Justice: Process, Policy
and Practice
• Investigating Crime: Criminological
Perspectives
• Psychology and Crime
• Punishment: Beyond the Popular
Imagination
• Murder
Second Year
• Crime and Justice in a Global Context
• Research Methods in Criminology
• Working for Justice
• Policing and the Police
• Mental Health and Offending
• Communities and Crime
Third Year
• Criminology Work Placement
• Criminology Dissertation
• Popular Culture and Crime
• Prisons and Imprisonment
• Rehabilitation, Reintegration and
Desistance from Crime
• Environmental Crimes
• Drugs, High Crimes or
Misdemeanours
KEY INFORMATION
UCAS Code - G400
Foundation Year
Yes
Indicative entry
requirements
Single Honours
A level: BCC-CCC
BTEC: DMM-MMM
Combined Honours
A level: BCC-CCC
BTEC: DMM-MMM
Course duration
3 years or 4 years
with an international
year
For further information on entry requirements please visit keele.ac.uk/entryrequirements
Study abroad
Yes
International Year
Yes
Learn a Language
Yes