Studying alongside our research-active academics, you’ll learn about crime, policing, victims, media representations of crime, youth crime and more. You’ll also understand how criminality, victimisation and crime control relate to social issues such as class, gender, ethnicity, politics and the economy. Our London location puts you at the heart of UK justice, with access to key criminal justice institutions such as the Central Criminal Court (the ‘old Bailey’), three police forces and numerous prisons. - Develop methodological expertise to analyse crime and justice data, and engage with key criminal justice policy debates - Build your studies around your interests, with our wide choice of elective modules - Learn from academics who are internationally acknowledged as leading researchers in their field - Boost your employability with an optional work placement year - Develop highly sought-after data literacy and quantitative skills, thanks to our strong links with City’s Q-Step Centre - Opt onto a Q-Step quantitative methods pathway: benefit from a heightened focus on data skills, a workplace Data Placement in Year 2, and an optional international work placement.

In Year 1 you will study core modules designed to provide a firm foundation in criminology, sociology and statistics, preparing you for future research activity. Core modules include: - Introduction to Criminology - Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics - Producing Social Data - Criminal Justice - Sociology in Action - Researching Society: Qualitative Methods - Contemporary Criminological Controversies - Academic and Professional Practice Year 2 will deepen your understanding of the subject with core modules covering data analysis and topics relating to crime and justice. Core modules include: - Violence - Gender and Crime - Key Issues in Criminology - Penology - Victimology - Social Action Project Elective modules include: - Quantitative Analysis of Social Research Data OR Qualitative Analysis of Social Research Data - Sociology of Race and Racism - Gender and Society Students wishing to take BSc Criminology with the quantitative methods option will be required to complete the following modules in year two, which for the quantitative methods option, are all core modules: - Violence - Gender and Crime - Key Issues in Criminology - Penology - Victimology - Quantitative Analysis of Social Research Data - Quantitative Data Placement - Visualising Society Year 3 draws on the research expertise in the department to study current issues at the cutting edge of current thinking. Complete a dissertation to showcase your skills and interests. Core modules include: - Sociology Project - Crime, Culture and the City - Policing - Criminal Behaviour - Youth Crime Elective modules include: - Global Migration Process - Work and Workers - Celebrity and Society - Applied Multivariate Analysis - Education, Skills and the Job Market - Poverty: What counts? - Culture, Race, Difference - Political Communication - Interrogating Consumer Culture - Criminal Justice in Crisis - Leisure, the Body and Deviance - Digital cultures - Global Politics of Forced Migration The Theory and Practice of Conflict and Peace - Judgement and Decision-Making - Organisational Psychology - Introduction to Clinical Psychology

We teach Criminology through lectures, interactive sessions, practical computer lab workshops and small group seminars, supported by a personal tutorial system. Lectures provide commentary and explanation of key content areas. Small-group seminars develop your understanding by inviting you to raise questions and participate in the debate and by providing guidance for further study. Computer labs develop your skills in the production and analysis of data. You are encouraged to undertake extensive reading and independent study in order to understand the topics covered in lectures and classes and to broaden and deepen your knowledge of the subject. For the third year dissertation, you will receive supervision and the Dissertation module provides you with the opportunity to develop research methods and writing skills. The assessment weighting for year one is 10%, year two is 30% and year three is 60%.

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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.

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Student satisfaction : 74%

Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs): 70%

Go onto work and study: 85%

England	9250.0	Year 1
Northern Ireland	9250.0	Year 1
Scotland	9250.0	Year 1
Wales	9250.0	Year 1
EU	16010.0	Year 1
International	16010.0	Year 1

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