Criminal justice modules

Drawing on the world-leading research of the Centre for Criminal Justice Studies, this course will give you an advanced understanding of crime and its control

You’ll explore the complex questions around why crime happens, how offenders should be dealt with and how crime can be prevented

Starting with the police, the module will move through the criminal justice system, identifying and critically evaluating key issues and debates

This module covers safeguarding within different types of abuse

It provides you with an evidence-based foundation to think critically about criminal justice

Core modules will give you a firm grounding in the substantive, methodological and theoretical components of criminology as well as related aspects of the disciplines of law, sociology and psychology

You will gain both the subject knowledge and research skills needed to understand and contribute to wider knowledge of crime and criminal justice