The study of criminology isn't just about the institutions of the criminal justice system. You will also study areas like corporate crime, state crime, miscarriages of justice and inequalities relating to age, class, gender and race. This interdisciplinary BA course gives you the chance to look at criminology from the perspective of other disciplines such as geography, history, psychology, political science and sociology giving you a much broader understanding of the subject and a rich choice of careers. Throughout the course, you will be encouraged to develop your critical thinking skills by questioning what we mean by the terms ‘crime’, ‘criminals’, ‘punishment’ and ‘justice’.

The choice of careers open to criminology graduates is diverse and exciting. Your degree could be useful in a range of fields including: policy and administration government advice the children, young people's and youth justice workforces social work, prison and probation services research academia policing investigating miscarriages of justice media research crime documentary and fiction screenwriting/production writing and journalism teaching working in charities and community organisations