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This module will enable students to undertake independent reseach using the methods taught.

Demonstrate their ability to critically analyse various examples of academic research, and journal articles.

Recognise and apply different research methodologies to given problems, and prepare a literature review on their own chosen topic.

Reflect and draw upin development of key skills and academic progress.

Recognise and apply key transferable skills required for academic success.

Demonstrate effective methods of communication, in the written and oral form.

Develop students as reflective practitioners, enabling them to analyse and critically evaluate their role as investigators.

Develop students knowledge and understanding of the principle practices, and protocols in conducting an investigation.

Explore and recognise the contributions made by sociological, criminological and psychological theories to investigations.

The programme includes crime and criminology; law and human rights; victims and offenders; psychology and forensic psychology; media and crime; policing and managing crime; conflict and conflict resolution; punishment and prisons; ethics.

Grounding in criminological and social theories and methods, wide-ranging topics including crime and punishment; crime and the media; policing; crimes against humanity; miscarriages of justice; gender and crime; organised crime; and cybercrime. Developing skills of gathering data, synthesising and interpreting evidence and assembling arguments.

1.Deploy accurately established techniques of analysis and enquiry within
Criminology and International Security.

2.Devise and sustain arguments, and/or to solve problems, using ideas and techniques,
some of which are at the forefront of
Criminology and International Security.

3.Describe and comment upon particular aspects of current research, or equivalent
advanced scholarship, in Criminology and International Security, recognising the
uncertainty, ambiguity and limits of knowledge.

4.Manage their own learning, and to make use of scholarly reviews and primary
sources (for example, refereed research articles and/or original materials appropriate
to Criminology and International Security).

5.Apply the methods and techniques that they have learned to review, consolidate,
extend and apply their knowledge and understanding, and to initiate and carry out
projects.

6.Critically evaluate arguments, assumptions, abstract concepts and data (that may be incomplete), to make judgements, and to frame appropriate questions to achieve a solution-or identify a range of solutions-to a problem.

7.Communicate information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialist and non-specialist audiences.
8.Exercise initiative and personal responsibility, including decision-making in complex and unpredictable contexts.

9.Undertake appropriate further training of a professional or equivalent nature.

• Deploy accurately established techniques of analysis and enquiry within Criminology and Law.
• Devise and sustain arguments, and/or to solve problems, using ideas and techniques, some of which are at the forefront of Criminology and Law
• Describe and comment upon particular aspects of current research, or equivalent advanced scholarship, in Criminology and Law.
• Manage their own learning, and to make use of scholarly reviews and primary sources (for example, research articles and/or original materials appropriate to Criminology and Law)
• Apply the methods and techniques that they have learned to review, consolidate, extend and apply their knowledge and understanding, and to initiate and carry out projects;
• Critically evaluate arguments, assumptions, abstract concepts and data (that may be incomplete), to make judgements, and to frame appropriate questions to achieve a solution or identify a range of solutions to a problem;
• Communicate information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialist and non-specialist audiences;
• Exercise initiative and personal responsibility, including decision-making in complex and unpredictable contexts;
• Undertake appropriate further training of a professional or equivalent nature.

The role of the police is critically examined – i.e. the roles of: preserving law and order; detection and reduction od crime; engaging with the community; and examining the function of the police at a local, national and international level.

Students learns to understand the intricacies of the criminal justice system and discover how different agencies, such as the police, probation service, courts and prisons interact. The degree offers a theoretical approach to policing, developing a strategic understanding of its systems. Contemporary issues of policing such as homicide, cybercrime, gangs, organised crime, mental health are also explored.

The programme combines elements of criminology, psychology and archaeology to introduce students to a wide range of applied investigative techniques, grounded in both classic and contemporary theoretical perspectives. Subject areas include techniques of forensic investigation, miscarriages of justice in the criminal justice system and forensic psychology.