COURSE IN DEPTH
Year One
In order to complete this course, you must successfully complete all the following CORE modules (totalling 120 credits).
Key Debates in Criminological Theory
20 credits
Crime and the Media
20 credits
Crime, Punishment and Society
20 credits
The Criminal Justice System
20 credits
Policing and Investigation
20 credits
Security, Conflict and Justice
20 credits
Year Two
Understanding Crime and Criminal Behaviour
20 credits
Experiencing Harm
20 credits
Prisons and Punishment
20 credits
This module is designed to develop learners’ understanding of the emergence and development of key theories of punishment through an exploration of the history of penal theory and its contemporary challenges and controversies. Furthermore, this module seeks to refine and expand upon traditional theoretical perspectives of punishment and the current reliance upon imprisonment as a dominant form of punishment in England and Wales. In doing so, it requires students to critically engage with some of the limitations of such an approach.
Research Proposal
20 credits
In order to complete this course, you must successfully complete at least 40 credits from the following indicative list of OPTIONAL modules.
Crime in the City
20 credits
Youth Crime and Justice
20 credits
Issues in Criminal Investigation
20 credits
Race and Crime
20 credits
Making Sense of Homicide
20 credits
Substance Use, Crime and Deviance
20 credits
Race and the Racialization of Crime
20 credits
Final Year
In order to complete this course, you must successfully complete all the following CORE modules (totalling 80 credits).
Human Rights: Theory and Practice
20 credits
Rehabilitation and Desistance
20 credits
The Extended Project
40 credits
In order to complete this course, you must successfully complete at least 40 credits from the following indicative list of OPTIONAL modules.
Emotions in Crime and Criminal Justice
20 credits
Everyday Surveillance
20 credits
Local to Global Organised Crime
20 credits
Deviant Leisure
20 credits
Gender and Crime
20 credits
Cybercrime
20 credits
Hate Crime
20 credits
Harms of the Powerful
20 credits