Sheffield Hallam University

Course Details

BA (Honours) Criminology and Sociology

Course Description

Study crime and its relationship to society on this joint degree, in a department that has received the British Society of Criminology award for teaching excellence. You learn about the many types, causes and consequences of crime and the criminal justice institutions and the processes that seek to reduce offending, alongside studies of human society, social groups and social structures. In your first year, you gain a foundation in key areas from both subject areas including • crime • society • social behaviour • offending behaviour • criminal justice. You then use this core understanding to develop your specialist criminological and sociological knowledge with a range of optional modules such as • exclusion, rights and justice • life beyond crime, substance use and offending • spin, propaganda and the media • youth: chaos and control • experiencing criminal justice • health and welfare. As well as being prepared for a career in criminology, criminal and community justice areas, you also gain skills that make you attractive to all employers. These skills include • information gathering and analysis • problem solving • presentation skills • organisational and time management skills • critical thinking and analysis • report writing • the ability to construct an argument based on sound evidence • equality and diversity awareness.

Course Duration

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3year

Career outcomes

You can find careers in areas such as • the police service • the probation service • the prison service • youth work • victim support work • citizens advice work • community liaison work • civil service and local government. Examples of roles students have gone on to include • charity fundraiser • residential social worker • support worker (learning difficulties) • project worker (housing association) • police community support officer • offender advocate • youth offending • postgraduate study • researcher. Many of our students have progressed on to postgraduate study, including academic and professional qualifications, in criminology and sociology.




BA (Honours) Criminology and Sociology Sheffield Hallam University