Criminology and Criminal Psychology (Level 3) Course

How is the course structured?
The Level 3 Criminology & Criminal Psychology bundled course is divided into two Level 3 courses:

Criminology (Level 3)

Unit 1: An Introduction to Criminological Study

• Criminological imagination
• Criminological study
• Criminological theories
• What is crime?
• Dominant representations of crime part 1 - Official statistics
• Dominant representations of crime part 2 - Crime news
• Criminology in action

Unit 2: Understanding Crime

• The origins of criminology
• Positivism
• Classicism
• Main perspectives
• Constructions of crime
• British crime survey

Unit 3: Discourses of Violent Crime

• Categories and theories of violent crime
• Dominant discourses - Violence and masculinity
• Deviant discourses - Female violence
• Hidden discourse - Domestic violence
• Taking family violence seriously: child abuse

Unit 4: Crime and Punishment

• Punishment: a contested concept
• Different types of punishment
• Capital punishment
• A brief history of the prison system
• Restorative punishment

Unit 5: Crime and Justice

• The UK legal system
• How an act of parliament becomes law
• What is justice?
• Fair trial by jury
• Gender issues in the judicial process
• Restorative justice

Unit 6: Managing Crime Part One: Policing

• A brief history of the British Police
• Important UK acts
• Who and what are the police?
• The governance of crime
• Police culture
• Policing in partnership
• Where is the police service today?

Unit 7: Managing Crime Part Two: Community Safety

• The Morgan Report 1991
• The Crime and Disorder Act 1998
• Partnership working
• Crime prevention
• Anti-social behaviour

Criminal Psychology (Level 3)

Unit 1: Biological and Evolutionary Explanations of Criminal Behaviour

• Historical explanations
• Genetic explanations
• Biochemical explanations
• Neurological explanations
• Personality theories

Unit 2: Psychological Explanations of Criminal Behaviour

• Social learning theory
• Media and crime
• Psychodynamic theory

Unit 3: Criminological Explanations of Criminal Behaviour

• Vulnerabilities towards crime
• Sub-cultural theories
• Strain theory
• Status Frustration
• Differential Association
• Environmental Theory
• Social Bond Theory
• Risk Factors
• Relative Deprivation

Unit 4: Abnormal Behaviour and Psychopathy

• Diagnosing abnormal behaviour
• Cognitive approaches
• Beck's Negative Triad
• Psychopathy and Antisocial Personality Disorder
• Behavioural Theory
• Cognitive Theory
• Life Events
• Dissociative Identity Disorder

Unit 5: Research and the Criminal Justice System (CJS)

• Eyewitness testimony
• Leading question
• Anxiety and weapon effect
• Cognitive interview
• Detecting deception
• Juries and sentencing

Unit 6: Children who Kill

• Mary Bell
• Thompson and Venables
• Kip Kinkel

Course Enrolment Fees

Our aim is to provide you with the best deal available, therefore any registration fee, certification fee and full tutor support is included in the course price for you. The enrolment fee for the Criminology & Criminal Psychology home study course is £811.25, though for a limited time we are offering you the opportunity to pay only £649 which is a 20% discount if you enrol online and pay in full.

You can also opt for our Easy Payment Plan and enrol online today by paying a deposit of £162.25 and then 4 equal payments of £162.25 per month. The first instalment is paid about a month after you receive your course.