BA (Hons) Criminology with Offending Behaviour and Social Policy at Leeds Trinity University

Why do people offend, and how can social policy help create safer, fairer communities? Our Criminology with Offending Behaviour and Social Policy explores the causes of crime and offending. It examines how criminal justice systems, rehabilitation services, and social policies respond to some of society’s most pressing challenges.

Faculty: School of Social Sciences  |  Duration: 3 years full-time  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Intake: September 2027  |  Location: Leeds, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Year 1: core modules include Offending Behaviour and Social Policy, Introduction to Criminology, Violence in Society, Academic and Research Skills, Career Development in Criminology. Year 2: core modules include Imprisonment to Rehabilitation, Victims, Harm and Justice, Crime, Media and Digital Justice, Research Methods in Criminology, Criminology in Practice: Careers and Competencies. Year 3: core modules include Professional Learning Through Work, Criminology with Offending Behaviour and Social Policy Research Project, Tackling Crime Through Social Policy; options include Global Challenges and Social Futures (30 credits), Organised Crime (30 credits), Crimes of the 21st Century (30 credits), Youth Offending and Victim Support (15 credits).

Career pathways

Graduates will be well prepared for careers across probation, offender rehabilitation services, community justice organisations, victim support services, local and national government, charitable organisations, policy development, and the wider criminal justice sector.

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