犯罪学分析了犯罪，犯罪行为和社会对这些现象的性质，发生和解释。在本课程中，您将解决一些最基本的问题，这些问题使行为或行动成为犯罪，以及如何从不同的角度和理论框架分析对犯罪的反应。您还将了解犯罪的历史模式，犯罪观随时间的变化，并探讨当代刑事司法和针对犯罪，反社会行为和混乱的政策。<br> <br>该课程将包括理论的混合和实际工作，包括有关犯罪和预防犯罪的分析工作。这种跨学科的方法是课程的中心，它使您可以从三个主要角度探索犯罪学：犯罪与历史，犯罪学理论和刑事司法政策与过程。
Criminology analyses the nature, occurrence and explanations of crime, criminal behaviour and societal responses to these phenomena. On this course you will tackle some of the most fundamental questions behind what makes an act or action a crime and how responses to crime can be analysed from different perspectives and theoretical frameworks. You will also look at historical patterns of crime, how perspectives of crime have changed over time, and explore contemporary criminal justice and policy to crime, anti-social behaviour and disorder.<br><br>The course will include a mix of theoretical and practical work, including analytical work on crime and crime prevention. This interdisciplinary approach is central to the course, and allows you to explore criminology from three main perspectives: Crime and History, Criminological Theory and Criminal Justice policy and processes.