犯罪学和社会学课程为您提供了解和与当代世界互动所需的知识和技能，以及它所带来的一些挑战。该课程的社会学部分包含对社会世界的广泛理解，从日常生活中面对面的互动和行为，到机构和社会团体的组织和运作，都通过本地和全球层面的社会变革来进行。该内容为您提供了一个很好的知识基础，使您可以从事犯罪和反社会行为，受害者和对犯罪的反应，这是该课程的犯罪学要素。在本课程中，您将通过现场观察（例如法院观察，实证研究，案例研究分析和听取嘉宾演讲）了解内容如何应用于现实生活。您也可以在与该计划相适应的组织中担任志愿人员，例如受害者
This course explores the way societies understand crime and deviance and how they seek to secure social order, social justice and social control. Across the course, you'll consider how cultural and social values, life experiences and social inequalities are shaped by the social and global environments. You'll consider how practices and attitudes of policing respond to social events and shifts in cultural attitudes and consider the ways the media can influence individuals' perceptions of crime and its causes.<br> <br>You'll also study the criminal justice system in England and Wales, explore issues of discrimination in the criminal justice system and how social structures and institutions can disadvantage and marginalise groups in society. And you'll draw global comparisons, considering the ways in which protests, and political action, criminal activity, and policing, transcend national borders.<br><br>The course also offers opportunities for you to gain valuable work experience with victim support agencies, advocacy groups, justice campaigns, international charities and NGOs via a work placement module.