Criminology (Hons)

Overview

Why choose this course

What is criminal behaviour? What motivates offenders? How does crime impact victims, and which punishments should be imposed on criminals? These are some of the questions you’ll explore on this course.

What you will study

This Criminology (Hons) programme offered at the University of Surrey focuses on the study of crime, deviance and the criminal justice system. It will develop your understanding of the concepts, theories and principles of criminology and their application across a range of case studies and examples.

You’ll study the cause and effect of criminal actions, the form and outcome of social disorders, the policing and regulation of public order, the procedures and techniques of the criminal justice system, and the relationship between behaviours and punishments.

Through combining criminological theory with training in professional social research, you’ll graduate with a broad range of communicative, analytical and organisational skills – and the confidence to apply them in your future career.

Careers and graduate prospects

The course gives you the knowledge and analytical skills needed to pursue a professional career in criminal justice, the public sector, forensic science, business, education, health and medicine, social work or counselling.

It offers preparation for fields that involve investigative skills and working with diverse people, such as policing, journalism, politics, marketing, business, human resources or public administration.

It also provides you with the strong research skills needed for positions in the criminal justice system, business, social service and government; it is a first step for future graduate work in criminology in order to become a researcher or academic.

One of the benefits of a degree in criminology is flexibility in the job market. Some of the roles our recent graduates have gone on to work in include:

• Police Officer, British Transport Police

• Training Assistant, Citizens Advice Bureau

• Safer Custody Coordinator, HMP Maidstone

• Trainee Probation Officer, National Probation Service

• Police Constable, Metropolitan Police

• Research Officer, HM Inspectorate of Prisons

• HR Case Manager, Ministry of Justice.