BSc (Hons) Criminology and Criminal Justice Studies with Law

Year 1

In your first year, you’ll lay the foundations for your studies, exploring perspectives on criminology and examining theories on causes of crime and deviance. You’ll develop an understanding of the criminal justice process in England and Wales, and gain a grounding in criminal justice research, examining crime in the context of economic, political and social frameworks. You’ll also be introduced to the key areas of law and gain an understanding of the English, EU and international legal systems.

Core modules

• CCJS1112 Criminology and Crime Problems

• CCJS1115 Being a Criminologist

• CCJS1116 Crime in Context

• CCJS11192 1st Century Criminological Issues

• LAW1219 Legal Studies (Law Minor)

• LAW1220 Introduction to Law (Law Minor)

Year 2

In your second year you’ll broaden your skills – from learning how to assess, collect and use statistics, surveys, interviews and observational studies in researching crime and criminal justice, to examining theories of criminology alongside contemporary social, communications and cultural theories, urban studies, international relations and social harm. You’ll also have a choice of law modules including consumer law, tort and human rights.

Core modules

• CCJS2115 Crime, Theory and Culture

• CCJS2120 Researching Crime and Criminal Justice

• CCJS2121 Policing and Community Safety

• CCJS2125 Prisons, 'Probation' and Penality

• CCJSP200 Preparation for Work Placement

Optional modules

• LAW2215 Environmental Law

• LAW2216 Human Rights Law

• LAW2218 Family Law

• LAW2219 Immigration, Nationality and Refugee Law

• LAW2220 Cybercrime: Issues and Regulation

• LAW2226 Tort Law (Law Minor)

• LAW2229 Jurisprudence: law, society and justice

Final year

In your final year, you’ll design and implement your own research project to produce your dissertation, working independently with the support of a member of our academic team. Choose from a variety of modules such as comparative studies, policing illicit drug use, anti-social behaviour, racism and criminal justice. Law options include criminal law, parents and children, media and information law, environmental law, European business law, and business regulation and corporate governance.

Core modules

• CCJS3142 Criminology/Police and Criminal Justice Studies Dissertation

Optional modules

• CCJS3141 Criminology and Criminal Justice Studies: Work Based Learning

• CCJS3143 Professional Knowledge of Policing I

• CCJS3144 Professional Knowledge of Policing II

• CCJS3148 Contemporary Issues in Criminal Justice

• CCJS3150 Crimes of the Powerful

• CCJS3154 Women, Crime and Criminal Justice

• CCJS3156 Criminology of War

• CCJS3158 Drugs, Crime and Society

• CCJS3162 Victims, Violence and the Criminal Justice System

• CCJS3165 Crime, Punishment and Social Change

• CCJS3166 Digital Crime and Deviancy

• CCJS3167 Professional Investigations: Principles and Practice

• CCJS3168 Hate Crime

• CCJS3171 International Human Rights and 'Children First' Youth Justice

• LAW3229 Environmental Law

• LAW3230 Family Law

• LAW3231 Criminal Law (Law Minor)

• LAW3233 Commercial Law

• LAW3235 Immigration, Nationality and Refugee Law

• LAW3238 Sex, Power and Legal Control

• LAW3239 Cybercrime: Issues and Regulation

• LAW3244 Jurisprudence: law, society and justice

• LAW3248 Law, Literature and the Screen

• LCG300 A Research Traineeship

• LCG300 B Research Traineeship

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