About this course
Our honours degree programme in criminology focuses on cutting edge, topical and often contentious issues to do with crime and justice. You'll learn to apply research tools, and access and evaluate qualitative and quantitative data on crime, victimisation and the societal responses to them. With an appreciation of criminological theorising and evidence, you will develop the skills to understand issues of crime and victimisation from new perspectives. You will also develop a critical appreciation of the problems with conventional responses to crime and deviance.Explore contentious issues of crime, harm and criminal justice. Evaluate claims made about crime, perpetrators, victims and criminal justice. Learn to critically evaluate evidence to better understand criminological problems. Examine the role of both theory and research in shaping knowledge about crime and justice. Explore criminological topics of your own interest in depth in the final year of study.
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Course Details
- Qualification
- Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
- Study Mode
- Distance learning
- Duration
- 3-6 Years
- Start Date
- 2025
- Academic Year
- 2025
- Campus / Location
- Milton Keynes
- Scheme
- Undergraduate
- Subjects
- Sociology