Criminal Justice and Criminology
Postgraduate
In Leeds
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Postgraduate
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Leeds
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Drawing on the world-leading research of the Centre for Criminal Justice Studies, this course will give you an advanced understanding of crime and its control.
You’ll explore the complex questions around why crime happens, how offenders should be dealt with and how crime can be prevented. You will examine the individual, social, legal and political forces that shape both crime and how it is controlled. In addition, you’ll study the workings of criminal justice agencies like the police, courts, prisons and probation as well as the private companies and voluntary groups who have increasing roles in offender management and crime prevention.
Core modules will give you a firm grounding in the substantive, methodological and theoretical components of criminology as well as related aspects of the disciplines of law, sociology and psychology. You will gain both the subject knowledge and research skills needed to understand and contribute to wider knowledge of crime and criminal justice. From anti-social behaviour to war crimes and from drug use to terrorism, the range of optional modules on offer will also allow you to focus on topics that suit your interests and career ambitions.
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“Lecturers are approachable and extremely helpful, they often attend CrimSoc socials and always reply to emails. There’s mutual respect and the staff’s main priority is that students achieve their best” Read more
HEATHER BRADBURY, CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND CRIMINOLOGY BA
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Entry requirements
A-level: AAB excluding General Studies and Critical Thinking.
Two of your A-levels must be in traditional academic subjects. Please see our Accepted A-level subjects document to check your subjects.
If your choice of A-level subjects has been constrained by factors outside your control (such as if your school or college did not offer certain subjects), please contact the Undergraduate Admissions Office to discuss your application.
GCSE: grade B or above in English Language, or an appropriate English language qualification.
Other course specific tests: rnative...
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Subjects
- IT Law
- Criminology
- Psychology
- Sociology
- Law
Course programme
Year one lays the foundations of your degree. You’ll explore crucial issues around how crime is defined, how it is measured and how key social issues, such as inequality, impact upon it. You’ll be introduced to the study of criminal law, sociology and forensic psychology. You’ll develop the academic and research skills needed to study criminal justice at undergraduate level.
Year two allows to consolidate and extend what you have learned. You’ll build your understanding of criminological theory and, through learning about research methods, you will also gain valuable research skills and experiences. To give you a different perspective on criminal justice, further compulsory modules will examine crime prevention and crime science, as well as evolving issues of transnational and international crime. Optional modules will allow you to explore a wide range of related topics in the social sciences, from youth crime to race and ethnicity studies.
In year three, the core modules will give you in-depth knowledge of policing institutions and operations in the UK, in addition to penology – the study of how offenders are punished. You’ll also choose from further optional modules, exploring diverse topics including crime history, mass atrocities, technology and crime, and sex work. In addition, the year culminates with your dissertation – an independent research project on a topic of your choice, which allows you to demonstrate your knowledge and skills.
Course structureThese are typical modules/components studied and may change from time to time. Read more in our Terms and conditions.
Modules Year 1Compulsory modules
- Introduction to Criminal Justice 20 credits
- Criminal Justice Study Skills 10 credits
- Understanding Crime 20 credits
- Introduction to Criminal Law 20 credits
- Crime, Inequality and Social Issues 20 credits
- Forensic Psychology 10 credits
- Sociology of Modern Societies 20 credits
Compulsory modules
- Criminology: Theories and Concepts 20 credits
- Transnational and Comparative Criminology 20 credits
- Crime Prevention and Crime Science 20 credits
- Researching Crime and Criminal Justice (for undergraduates) 20 credits
- Crime Prevention: Offender Decision-Making and Crime Science 20 credits
- Youth Crime and Justice 20 credits
- Disability Studies: An Introduction 20 credits
- The Sociology of Gender 20 credits
- Crime, Race and Ethnicity 20 credits
- Urban Disorders, Social Divisions and Social Control 20 credits
Compulsory modules
- Long Dissertation (Criminal Justice and Criminology) 40 credits
- Penology 20 credits
- Policing 20 credits
- Crime, Law and Social Change: Crime and Criminal Justice in Historical Perspective 20 credits
- Technology, Crime and Justice 20 credits
Criminal Justice and Criminology