The Criminology Bachelors Degree at the University of Staffordshire is designed for students eager to understand the complex causes, societal reactions, and potential solutions to crime. You will explore pressing issues such as domestic violence, knife crime, and drug-related offences, alongside transnational challenges like terrorism. This course is ideal if you are keen to challenge your preconceptions about 'violence', 'harm', and 'justice', and to critically examine the relationship between criminological theories and criminal justice policies and practices. You will develop essential analytical skills to investigate and discuss explanations for crime and its management.
Studied full-time on campus over three years, your learning experience will involve engaging with core modules like Crime Prevention, Theories of Crime and Justice, and Psychology in the Justice System. You will develop essential research skills and explore areas such as Law for Justice and Media and Crime. In your final year, you will undertake a significant Dissertation Project, allowing you to delve deeply into a specific area of interest. You will graduate with a comprehensive understanding of criminology and the criminal justice process, prepared for careers in policing, probation, research, and policy development.