Criminology courses

‘A criminologist,’ writes one of the most prominent practitioners of the craft, ‘is one whose professional training, occupational role and reward are concentrated towards a scientific approach, study and analysis of the phenomena of crime and criminal behaviour’. – Wolfgang 1963.

You may understandably ask why people study crime and criminal behaviour and why, do people engage in this area of study.

There are a variety of answers to the above questions, built around the following kinds of concerns: both anxiety and fear are common responses to crime; the desire to predict and control crime; the hope of preventing crime through social reactions to it, and the simple desire to learn more about crime and what it can tell us about the society we live in.

This course gives a comprehensive introduction to this fascinating subject.

Course Subjects

8 Lessons

Introduction to Criminology
Delinquency & Juvenile Offenders
Criminal Behaviour & How It Develops
Emergence of European Criminology
Crime & Early Forms of Punishment
Transportation & Victorian Prison Life
Penology
Present Day
Prison Life
The Sentencing Process
Violence & Aggression
Young Offenders Institutions

Students gaining 70% or more marks in the final examination will be awarded the BSY Certificate of Merit in Criminology.

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Course Fees £320.00

Pay in one sum or by easy monthly instalments with a deposit of £70.00

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