B.Sc. Criminology and Forensic Studies
Bachelor's degree
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Bachelor's degree
Are you interested in DNA profiling, blood-spatter analysis and the range of forensic science? This course allows you to study the early theories of Bertillon and Locard to the latest methods and equipment used in forensics, allowing you to explore ways in which you may combine methods of crime detection, classification and prevention with classical criminological ideas.
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Subjects
- Criminology
Course programme
- Introduction to Criminology
- Introduction to Crime Scene Examination
- Introduction to Criminal Justice
- Forensic Science and Detection Methods
- Skills for Criminologists
- Researching Criminology 1
Core units:
- Researching Criminology 2
- Criminal Investigation
- Techniques of Scientific Investigation
Optional themes in year two may include:
- Punishing Offenders
- Police, Law and Community
- Criminal Law and Psychology
- Crime, Media and Culture
- Victims of Crime: Key Players in Criminal Justice
- Policing a Diverse Society
- Crimes of the Powerful
- Substance Use and Misuse
- Contemporary Terrorism and the Global Response
- Forensic Biology and Earth Sciences
- Global, State and Corporate Security
- Youth Crime, Youth Justice
- Crime Reduction, Partnerships and Community Safety
- Learning From Experience
- Languages
Core units:
- Dissertation/Major Project
- Crime Reconstruction and Offender Profiling
- Management of Criminal Investigations
Optional themes in year three may include::
- Safer Communities and Neighbourhood Policing
- Dangerous Offenders and the Criminal Justice System
- Fighting Fraud and Corruption
- Hate Crime
- Crime Analysis and Crime Mapping
- Advocacy, Presentation and Persuasion
- Crime, Exclusion and Mental Heath
- Forensic Psychology
- Treatment and Rehabilitation of Offenders
- Cyber Crime: Virtual-Realities, Control and Mitigation
- Miscarriages of Justice
- Forensic Photography
- Learning from Experience
*Please note that whilst a range of options will be offered, there will inevitably be some variation in the availability of individual units at any given time.
B.Sc. Criminology and Forensic Studies