Criminology and Criminal Psychology, BSc Hons

University of Greenwich

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Duration

    3 Years

Our criminology and criminal psychology degree is aimed at anyone interested in crime, psychology and the criminal justice system.


Study topics provide a clear introduction to criminology and criminal psychology. You will cover a range of issues, including offender profiling, stalking, psychopathology, gender, race and discrimination, crime scene investigation, and terrorism. You also have the option to put your learning into practice through a work placement in a prison setting or with an agency connected to the Criminal Justice System.

Popular careers for our criminology graduates include policy, research, the police force, social care and welfare. Our graduates have also gone on to work for UK Visas and Immigration and HM Revenue and Customs.

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About this course

112 UCAS points from A-Levels (we also accept UCAS points from alternative Level 3 qualifications including: BTEC Nationals, the International Baccalaureate and Scottish and Irish Highers)

What you should know about this course
This course offers a unique fusion of two of the most exciting contemporary academic disciplines
It covers the understanding of the nature, causes and reactions to crime, alongside a comprehensive overview of criminal psychology.
You will explore social and state responses and methods of control by integrating major theoretical paradigms in the field of criminology.
Optional modules offered include one where students study in a prison alongside serving prisoners and another which is a placement with an agency that is part of / complementary to the Criminal Justice System
This degree does not provide British Psychological Society (BPS) recognition or accreditation. However, graduates of this course who are accepted on to and then successfully complete our MSc Psychology conversion degree will receive Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership of the BPS. (The MSc has specific entry requirements.)

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Subjects

  • Psychology
  • Criminal Psychology
  • Forensic Psychology
  • Psychology for Criminology
  • Criminology
  • Foundations of Criminology
  • Forensic Criminology
  • Criminological
  • Criminological Research Methods
  • Criminological Perspectives

Course programme

Year 1

Students are required to study the following compulsory modules.

  • Introduction to Psychology for Criminology (30 credits)
  • Foundations of Criminology (30 credits)
  • Forensic Criminology (30 credits)
  • Understanding Deviance (30 credits)
Year 2

Students are required to study the following compulsory modules.

  • Criminological and Forensic Psychology (30 credits)
  • Criminological Research Methods (30 credits)
  • Criminological Perspectives (30 credits)

Students are required to choose 30 credits from this list of options.

  • Crime and the Media (15 credits)
  • Penology (15 credits)
  • Forensic Mental Health (15 credits)
  • The Criminologies of Disobedience (15 credits)
  • Inside and Outside Perspectives on Criminology and Criminal Justice (15 credits)
  • Crime Stories: The Inequality of Justice (15 credits)
  • Subcultures and Cultural Criminology (15 credits)
  • Drugs and Us: Crime, Health, Politics and Culture (15 credits)
Year 3

Students are required to study the following compulsory modules.

  • Social Forensic Psychology (15 credits)
  • Investigative Forensic Psychology (15 credits)

Students are required to choose 90 credits from this list of options.

  • The Psychology of Terrorism (15 credits)
  • Criminology Undergraduate Dissertation Project (30 credits)
  • Policing (30 credits)
  • Women, Power, Crime and Justice (30 credits)
  • Criminology, the Community and Work Based Practice (30 credits)
  • Crime in the City, Crime and the State (30 credits)
  • Crimes of the Powerful (15 credits)
  • The Parameters of Hate (15 credits)
  • Perspectives on Violence (15 credits)
  • Gangs, Guns and Knife Crime (15 credits)

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