Criminology

Overview

Programme Aims

This Criminology BSc degree offered at University of Leicester  is designed to enable a smooth transition to higher education, providing you with full study skills support and a comprehensive research methods programme which will enable you to complete a research project of your own in your final year. Our degree offers flexibility and choice with a range of option modules for you to choose from, and you have the opportunity to study a semester (half year) or a full year abroad. The curriculum includes a three-year careers and employability programme, giving you the opportunity to develop the skills you'll need for graduate jobs. Job prospects are excellent, with 97% of our criminology students are employed (or studying for a Masters degree) six months after graduating.

Our research expertise feeds directly into our teaching programme, providing innovative and exciting content, as well as keeping you abreast of current debates on crime and criminal justice. Our award-winning research has real impact in wider society, and it influences policy and practice within the UK and beyond. Our research strengths include:

• Desistance and rehabilitation

• Domestic violence

• Forensic science

• Hate crime

• Investigative psychology

• Policing

• Prisons

• Sex work

Careers and employability

Graduates from our Criminology and Policing degrees have gone on to work for a wide range of employers including:

• Metropolitan Police
• Prison Service
• London Probation
• Leicestershire Police
• Serjants' Inn-Chambers