Criminology BA Honours

The course is organised around three distinctive themes – justice, human rights, and crime in its local and global contexts. However, the wide range of core and option modules cover an extensive range of topics including processes of criminalisation and victimisation; the social, legal and cultural meanings of crime; the causes and organisation of crime and deviance at all levels; understanding crime in relation to class, gender, race and ethnicity, religious faith, and sexuality; and the practical and political processes of preventing and managing crime.
Teaching and learning methods include lectures, seminars, independent study, and 'off-site' learning such as visits and field walks which make use of Westminster's central London location.
Assessment methods may include essays, debates, criminal justice policy analyses, individual and group presentations, exams, statistical analyses, and your dissertation.
Subjects of study
The following subjects are indicative of what you will study on this course. For more details on course structure and modules, and how you will be taught and assessed, see the full course document.
Year 1 (Credit Level 4)
Subjects of study include:
Controversies in Criminal Justice
Crime and the London Underworld
Justice and Human Rights
Psychology and Crime
Researching Crime and Justice
The Criminological Imagination
Year 2 (Credit Level 5)
Subjects of study include:
Forensic Criminal Psychology
Gender, Crime and Justice
Globalisation, Crime and Control
Race, Crime and Justice
Radical Criminology
Researching Crime and Justice
Youth, Crime and Justice
Year 3 (Credit Level 6)
Subjects of study include:
Criminological Research in Action
Dissertation
Human Rights and Global Injustice
Immigration, Crime and Control
Issues in State Crime
Media and Crime
Psychology Crime and the Popular Imagination
Punishment and Modern Society
Victims of Crime
Work Experience in Criminology and Criminal Justice
The Course content.
is listed by year, corresponding to the full-time mode of study. If you study part-time you will study the same content, spread over five years.
Westminster electives
As part of your course you can take elective modules. Electives are an exciting opportunity to widen your experience at university and to gain skills and knowledge that will help make you more employable. Find out about Westminster electives.
Course team
David Manlow, Course leader
International Foundation course
We work in partnership with Kaplan International College London to provide Foundation courses for international students who don't meet our Bachelor's degree entry requirements. For more information visit the Kaplan International College website.
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