BSc Criminology and Social Policy at Cardiff University

Investigate criminological themes like criminalisation, victimisation and social responses to crime and disorder in combination with social policy – studying how societies respond to human needs across the globe and how they seek to promote wellbeing across their population. UCAS code 8D46.

Faculty: Criminal justice ecosystem Learn from leading institutions through our links to government, police, probation and prisons. academic-school UK Top 20 Study crime in one of the best UK universities (The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2026). Become a social scientist by exploring how criminology and social policy combine and collide with our BSc in Criminology and Social Policy.Investigate criminological themes like criminalisation, victimisation and social responses to crime and disorder in combination with social policy – studying how societies respond to human needs across the globe and how they seek to promote wellbeing across their population.Explore a range of social science perspectives and investigate sociological and political attitudes towards crime and its control, along with debates on the goals of social policy. How do we decide what human needs are and whose responsibility is it to meet those needs? Subject area: Social sciences academic-schoolSchool of Social Sciences  |  Department: Criminal justice ecosystem Learn from leading institutions through our links to government, police, probation and prisons. academic-school UK Top 20 Study crime in one of the best UK universities (The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2026). Become a social scientist by exploring how criminology and social policy combine and collide with our BSc in Criminology and Social Policy.Investigate criminological themes like criminalisation, victimisation and social responses to crime and disorder in combination with social policy – studying how societies respond to human needs across the globe and how they seek to promote wellbeing across their population.Explore a range of social science perspectives and investigate sociological and political attitudes towards crime and its control, along with debates on the goals of social policy. How do we decide what human needs are and whose responsibility is it to meet those needs? Subject area: Social sciences academic-schoolSchool of Social Sciences  |  Duration: 3 years  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Intake: September 2027  |  Location: Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

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