BA (Hons) Criminology

Semester 1

Communication Skills
You will develop communication skills and understanding of different methods and styles of communication. You will consider appropriate methods of communication in both formal and informal environments. You will develop your understanding of social media and how to use it effectively. By looking back at previous activities and considering the choices you made and how you may do things differently in the future, you will enhance your skills on reflection.

Digital and Research Skills
You will learn how to navigate responsibly around the internet using different search engines and resources, including AI, and will develop your understanding of how to stay safe online and create an appropriate online presence. Learn about interpreting information you find; how relevant and accurate it is and how to present it. Discover a variety of learning resources and understand the importance of academic integrity.

Sustainability and Society
You will explore the UN Sustainable Development Goals and how sustainability has a wider impact on society. A problem-solving approach to global sustainability will be adopted and you will be encouraged to think about the role you and others play in addressing sustainability issues and an understanding of who is accountable. Also looking at both the broad concepts of sustainability and the aspects which are relevant to your chosen discipline.

Semester 2

Foundation Year Project
Develop your research skills by learning how to choose, plan and carry out an investigation into a chosen topic. Discover the importance of ethics when conducting research and practice presenting research. This module helps prepare you for entry onto Level 4 of the degree programme through the formative e-portfolio containing a log of activities, your 2000 word written project and your video presentation.

Shaping Skills for Success
This module will enable you to develop wider skills that are needed to succeed during your studies and beyond. You will be introduced to different types of skills and how to track and reflect on your skills development. You will develop your skills by participating in sessions focused on specific skills and hearing from a variety of guest speakers. You will take part in a group challenge designed to develop your teamwork and communication skills and reflect on the skills you develop during this module as part of your Foundation Year Project.

Core Concepts of Criminology 
Introducing you to some of the key concepts, theories and ideas in criminology. You will be encouraged to reflect on some of these concepts, theories and ideas and think critically about some of their implications on the criminal justice system and society more widely. You will also be given the opportunity to develop your research skills and group work in preparation for planning and completing coursework.

Choose one*:

• Core Concepts of Business
• Core Concepts of Computer Science
• Core Concepts of Law
• Core Concepts of Psychology

^{*Options available are indicative and available subject to numbers and the campus chosen. Students will also complete the Shaping Skills for Success programme.}

Semester 1

Foundations of Criminology
This module introduces criminology including the importance of early criminology concepts, theories and ideas.

Society and Punishment
Demonstrating the understanding and knowledge of theories, concepts and ideas related to punishment, by describing and locating them in a range of contexts. Also, how they can contribute to addressing social issues.

Media Crime and Control
This module demonstrates the understanding and knowledge of the relationships between crime, criminalisation, victimisation and punishment within the context of media representations.

Semester 2

Drugs in the Criminal Justice System
Looking at the relationship between illicit drugs and crime. Also, the effect of drug policies on marginalised communities, and the links between illicit drugs and cultural contexts.

Criminal Justice in Modern Britain
This module will give an overview of the Criminal Justice System (including the police, prisons, probation service and the crown prosecution service) and its impact on marginalised communities and roles of victims in the system.

Contemporary Criminology
In this module we discuss and evaluate some of the challenges commonly encountered in the application of contemporary criminological theory. Including rural criminology, queer criminology, radical criminology, and cultural criminology.

Semester 1

Gender, Sexuality and Crime
This module helps to develop a critical understanding of traditional criminological theory through feminist critiques and perspectives, as well as of feminist critiques of criminology outside of the global Northwest. Also looks at the different patterns of victimisation and offending amongst women and men.

The Evolution of the Prison System
This module covers the current crisis of imprisonment in Britain and evaluates the British prison system, specifically in the context of rehabilitation and resettlement. It also looks at penal populism, mass incarceration and the over-representation of ethnic minorities, and the mentally ill, all within a global context.

Research Methods
A module to look at conducting research in the field of criminology and criminal justice. As well as looking at the strengths and weaknesses of the application of quantitative and qualitative methods and the design of research to the study of criminological questions, including the consideration of ethical issues.

Semester 2

Youth and Crime
This module looks at youth justice issues such as issues of social control mechanisms and punishment in the context of youth. It also covers the criminalisation of young people through a prism of race, gender and socio-economic class, and the place of youth in the city and public space.

Zemiology (Social Harms)
This is the study of social harms, which includes the role of the victim in criminal justice, the victimisation of women and girls and LGBTQ communities, the victimisation of the poor due to social policy and more.

Cybercrime
Looking at the impact of cyberspace on the globalisation of crime and the effect that cyberspace has had on enabling ‘traditional’ and creating new opportunities for criminal behaviour.

Semester 1

Dissertation (all year - double module)

Urban Criminology - The City and Globalisation
This module covers all aspects of urban criminology in the context of issues such as urban youth, segregation in the city, homelessness and marginalisation, protests and riots.

Migration
A module about the processes of migration, their diversity, and consequences for sending and receiving societies by synthesising and critically evaluating them in a range of different contexts.

Semester 2

Dissertation (all year - double module)

Choose two*:

• Race, Ethnicity and Religion
• Terrorism
• The Politics of Policing

^{*All options are indicative and subject to availability.}