Social Policy and Crime

Leeds University Business School

Postgraduate

In Leeds

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Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Location

    Leeds

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Our Social Policy and Crime degree is an interdisciplinary programme which explores the fast-growing policy area of crime and will provide you with the expertise to understand and critically appraise how the institutions of the modern state seek to control deviance and criminality.
Throughout the course you’ll study crime in depth, as well as gaining a broad understanding of education, health, housing and poverty. You’ll explore why some activities are seen as deviant or criminal, why some members of society negotiate the justice system more easily than others, and the varying responses to crime. You will explore criminological theories with particular attention to class, gender, race and age.
At the same time, you’ll examine education, housing and urban policies to understand how states provide for people’s social welfare, assessing how such policies impact on people’s day-to-day lives.
Student profile
“I adore my course; it’s everything I expected. I knew there would be hard work, but the lecturers are very helpful. They’re like the guardian angels of the University!” Read more
ELA YILMAZ, SOCIAL POLICY AND CRIME BA

Facilities

Location

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Leeds (North Yorkshire)
Maurice Keyworth Building, The University Of Leeds, LS2 9JT

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About this course

Entry requirements
A-level: ABB
A-level Sociology is not a requirement for any of our courses – we design Year 1 modules for students both with and without previous knowledge of the subject.
We accept A-level General Studies.
However, in general you should be in the process of studying Social Science, Arts and Humanities subjects for A-level. See our Accepted A-level subjects document to see which subjects we accept.
GCSE: grade C or above in Mathematics or equivalent.
Other course specific tests: ions or contact the School’s Undergraduate Admissions Team.
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Subjects

  • Social Policy
  • Sociology
  • University
  • Housing

Course programme

You’ll learn to think sociologically about various social issues and problems from the start of Year 1. A set of core modules will equip you with the research skills to study social policy and an understanding of the techniques used in social research. You’ll also explore key issues in crime and deviance and how crime is controlled in society, along with the formation of social policy in Britain and how social inequalities have been created.

In the following year you’ll develop your research skills through a compulsory module which helps to prepare you for your final-year dissertation. At the same time, you’ll examine theories in the sociology of crime with a focus on issues around class, gender, ‘race’ and age as well as policing and the regulation and prevention of crime. Around this you’ll choose from a set of modules related to major social issues such as drugs or public policy around the world. You’ll also be able to choose from a broader range exploring topics from racism and ethnicity studies to victims and restorative justice.

The dissertation you complete in your final year allows you to examine a topic of your choice in depth. Around this module, you’ll choose from social policy modules on topics such as education or childhood studies, as well as selecting from a more diverse range in areas such as gender studies, citizenship and identity or protest movements.

Course structure

These are typical modules/components studied and may change from time to time. Read more in our Terms and conditions.

Modules Year 1

Compulsory modules

  • Understanding and Researching the City 20 credits
  • Understanding and Researching Contemporary Society 20 credits
  • Crime and Deviance 20 credits
  • Identities, Inequalities and Policy in Contemporary Society 20 credits
  • Social Policy: Poor Laws to the Present 20 credits
Discovery modules
  • You will be required to study 20 credits of discovery modules

Year 2

Compulsory modules

  • Sociology and Social Policy Research Methods 20 credits
  • Crime, Law and Regulation 20 credits
  • Key Debates in Social Policy 20 credits
Optional modules
  • Youth Crime and Justice 20 credits
  • Violent and Sexually Offending Young People 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
  • Social and Public Policy beyond the University 20 credits
Discovery modules
  • You will be required to study 20 credits of discovery modules

Year 3

Compulsory modules

  • Dissertation 40 credits
Optional modules
  • Policing 20 credits
  • Crime, Law and Social Change: Crime and Criminal Justice in Historical Perspective 20 credits
  • Disability Rights and the International Policy Context 20 credits

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