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This course explores the causes of crime and victimisation, and the ways in which societies respond to crime.  Students gain invaluable insight into the complex areas of crime, deviance and social policy, from the criminal justice system and its impacts on victims and offenders to the ways in which social research can enable social change.  As the course progresses students have the opportunity to apply their knowledge to the real world via a work placement and a series of modules that allow them to plan, conduct, and analyse research first-hand.

Our Criminology and Forensic Science course is taught by research-active criminologists and experienced former forensic practitioners and will give you an insight into the study of crime and its investigation within the criminal justice system.

The course has two distinct themes – the criminological theme covers the theory of crime, how society is policed and the issues and alternatives to custodial sentencing. The forensic science theme addresses the scientific theory and practical techniques that are used in crime scene examination and the laboratory to allow you to locate, examine and interpret evidential material for the courtroom. In doing so you will be provided with significant hands-on laboratory experience in, for example, analytical chemistry, blood pattern interpretation, DNA analysis and fibre examination.

• The course aims to:
• Offer a course relevant to a range of careers in criminal justice and/or policing.
• Develop the intellectual skills necessary for the understanding, critical evaluation and application of a range of theoretical approaches to the study of crime, deviance, policing and conceptions of rights and justice.
• Develop students’ competence in qualitative and quantitative research methodologies
• Provide a framework in which students identify and distinguish between some comparative models of policing and for understanding differing forms of policing styles.
• Explore practical applications of operational policing
• Offer the opportunity to develop the above in relation to specialist areas of interest culminating in the production of an in-depth piece of independent research focussed on criminology and/or policing at level 6

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

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

3. Describe and comment upon particular aspects of current research, or equivalent advanced scholarship, in Criminology and Psychology, 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 Psychology.

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.

The course aims to:

1.Offer a course relevant to a range of careers in the area of criminal justice, related fields and/or in social research.

2. Develop the intellectual skills necessary for the understanding and critical evaluation of a range of theoretical approaches to the study of crime, deviance and other social problems and phenomena.

3. Develop students’ familiarity with the institutional apparatus which regulated and seeks to control socially defined deviant populations.

4. Develop students’ analytical skills through consideration of the relationship between self and society and between theory and practice.

5. Develop students’ competence in qualitative and quantitative research methodologies.

6. Offer the opportunity to develop the above in relation to specialist areas of interest including.

7. The opportunity to undertake an individual piece of research at honours level.

Offer a course relevant to a range of careers in the areas of criminal justice, youth work and related fields.

Develop the intellectual skills necessary for the understanding and critical evaluation of a range of theoretical approaches to the study of crime, deviance and youth.

Develop students’ familiarity with the institutional apparatus which regulates and seeks to control socially defined deviant populations.

Develop students’ competence in qualitative and quantitative research methodologies.

Explore and analyse the ways young people experience and engage with contemporary society in both national and international contexts.

Offer the opportunity to develop the above in relation to specialist areas of interest, including a self-directed piece of research at honours level.

You’ll learn all about the world of internet fraud on this intensive Digital Forensics and Cyber Security degree course. Discover techniques for stopping hackers, analysing risks and troubleshooting security issues on the latest gadgets.

With professional accreditation from the British Computer Society, this career-focused course will equip you with the key skills necessary to succeed in the cyber security industry.

This cutting-edge course is designed to put you at the forefront of computer security, with the curriculum regularly updated to keep up with the industry. You’ll study the prevention, detection, correction and conviction of digital crimes and enhance your essential knowledge of computing principles such as programming, communication networks and information systems.

As a digital crime-fighter, you’ll have the chance to boost your arsenal through exposure to specialist toolkits such as FTK and MPE+, as well as open-source toolkits such as Kali, Metasploit and Honeypot.

Throughout the course you’ll be supported by highly-qualified teaching staff who have strong links with the industry and potential employers. The tutors on your course will provide you with excellent academic guidance, pastoral care and careers advice throughout your studies.

The programme includes crime and criminology; law and human rights; psychology and forensic psychology; policing and managing crime; conflict and conflict resolution; ethics; forensic science; methods in crime scene investigation; profiling and reconstruction of crime.