The Foundation Degree in Criminology has distinctive strands. The first through social research methods as a key to empirical positivist criminology; evaluation of theoretical concepts to explain the root cause of crime and therefore management of crime.

Research skills are important to criminologists and the related subjects of psychology and sociology in order to assess and challenge both theories and practice and on a wider scale government policy. Student undertake practical primary research projects in both years which are then analysed, and reflected upon to improve performance and become reflective and reflexive practitioners.

This research is underpinned by the theoretical knowledge covering social, cultural, political and economic change which then define crime and deviance. The subject modules in level 4 are developmental and flow and expand into level 5. For example, Foundations of Criminology indeed lays the foundations of the historical development of criminological theory and its contentious nature in the study of street crime. This then leads into Crime Culture and Social Change which informs the level 6 options.

Level 4 Modules

Foundations of Criminology The Psychology of Offender Behaviour Social Policy (Social Theory) (Academic Skills) Rehabilitation and Desistance (CJS) Career Development Planning for Employability Skills Introduction to Sociological Inquiry (Researching Visual Criminology)

Level 5 Modules Criminal Justice Policy and Conflict Modern Day Slavery Future Impacts Social Research Methods Crime Culture and Social Change Green Crime

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