BSc (Hons) Criminology at Teesside University

The BSc (Hons) Criminology studies crime within society, asking why people offend, what role the police and criminal justice system play, how media shapes understanding of crime, and how race, gender, age, sexual orientation, class and globalisation shape experiences of crime and victimisation. Students learn alongside serving prisoners on the Inside Out programme, and staff are research-active.

Department: Criminology  |  Duration: 3 years full-time (4 with foundation year); up to 5 years part-time  |  Intake: September  |  Study mode: full-time, part-time  |  Location: Middlesbrough, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Year 1 core modules: Becoming a Social Scientist, Crime and Society, Criminal Law for Criminologists, Issues in Criminal Justice. Year 2: Criminological Theory in Practice, Future Directions and Research for Social Scientists, Police and Policing, Victims and Crime. Final year: Criminology and Sociology Dissertation, Current Issues in Criminology, Penology and one optional module such as Social Movements or Understanding Drugs in Society.

Career pathways

Careers include the probation service, prison service, police, voluntary organisations and the public sector, with growing opportunities in private security, crime prevention and offender management, and postgraduate training or study.

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