Crime is a social and political issue with huge impact, causing misery for both victim and perpetrator. This degree is for those who want to investigate, understand and tackle this problem and who may later wish to work within the police or criminal justice system. **Why this course at Marjon?** • Practical focus through real life case studies. • You will experience court rooms, custody suites and police stations to aid your learning. • Realistic simulated environments such as a crime scene house on site. • Focus on psychological profiling, exploring how to predict criminal behaviour. • Perform your own research through work placements within the criminal justice system. • We work with many partner agencies including Devon and Cornwall Police, Citizen’s Advice Bureau, Derriford Hospital Emergency Department, Victim Support, Youth Justice Board, Court Service, Plymouth Surveillance Unit, Coroner’s Court and Devonport Community Safety Programme. **What might I become?** You could apply to graduate schemes with the police, civil service or prison service. You could work to prevent crime or with families, who have been victims of crime, work as a social worker, youth worker, probation officer, police officer or community development officer. **Find out more at Open Day** Open Day is your opportunity to find out more about studying Criminology at Marjon. You’ll meet lecturers and look around our dedicated onsite crime scene house. Our student life talks will help you prepare to go to university, covering topics such as careers, funding, sport and our award winning on-campus student support service. You can also take a tour of the campus with a current student and find out about the student-led clubs and societies. **Book on to an Open Day at: www.marjon.ac.uk/open-day** **Why study at Marjon?** • Awarded SILVER Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF). • High quality teaching Ranked No 1 in England for teaching quality in the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2019. • Joint 12th in UK for Student Satisfaction as ranked by the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2019. • Top 10 in the UK for student experience as ranked by the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2019*. • 5th in UK for Courses and Lecturers in the Whatuni Student Choice Awards (WUSCA) 2019. *Rankings published 23 September 2018. Oxford and Cambridge excluded due to low response rates. Based on National Student Survey 2018.

Jade - Second year, Criminology; “In our first year we learnt about psychology in crime and the mindset of a criminal. We also learnt about the role of victims within the criminal justice system. This year we are learning about crime scene photography and how to take photos that can be used in court. There’s also 50 hours of research placement to set us up for our future careers. In the third year we’re going to learn about punishment, sentencing and how different countries handle crime. We will also learn about the ethics of being involved in criminal justice.” 1st Year Criminal Justice Careers Law and Human Rights Crime and Criminology Understanding Research: Theory and Method Psychology in Practice Victims and Offenders: Children and Youth People 2nd Year Bio-social Criminology Thinking Like a Criminologist Research Methods Policing and Managing Crime Forensic Psychology Media and Crime Engaging with Employability Criminology 3rd Year Global Criminology Punishment and Prisons Criminological Project: Dissertation Conflict & Conflict Resolution The Ethical Professional Criminal Psychology

Assessment methods are varied and include portfolios, essays and reports. There are two end of semester exams and you will be appraised based on your participation in the class room and in groups.

Professional Bodies are not listed for this Course.

26 January This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Course code: 72H2

Institution code: P63

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The following entry points are available for this course:

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Year 2 – Higher National Certificate or evidence of 120 Credits gained at Higher Education. Module details will be required to check that previous study matches Marjon curriculum. Year 3 – Foundation Degree or evidence of 240 credits gained at Higher Education. Module details will be required to check that previous study matches Marjon curriculum.

Other Level 3 qualifications will be considered on an individual basis

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Student satisfaction : 13%

Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs): 0%

Go onto work and study: 0%

EU	9250.0	Year 1
England	9250.0	Year 1
Northern Ireland	9250.0	Year 1
Scotland	9250.0	Year 1
Wales	9250.0	Year 1
Channel Islands	9250.0	Year 1
International	11000.0	Year 1

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Derriford Road
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Plymouth
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