Useful Information
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Mode of Study: Full time |
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Level: 3 |
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Duration: 2 years |
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Awarding/validation body:
WJEC | |
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Course Overview
Why do people commit crimes looking at biological and
social influences? Use and application of theories of criminality. How does
campaigns affect policy making by governments?
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Course Highlights
Types of crime from organised to corporate. Looking at for
example:
- Common assault
- Domestic abuse
- Vandalism
- Rape
- Perceived victimless crimes (e.g. white-collar crime,
vagrancy, prostitution, assisted suicide)
The representation of crime in the media from News media to
films and electronic gaming. Crime associated with social media.
- Social construction
- How laws change from culture to culture
- How laws change over time
- How laws are applied differently according to
circumstances in which actions occur
- Why laws are different according to place, time and
culture.
Theories:
- Marxism
- Labelling
- Functionalism
- Left and right realism.
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Career Opportunities & Further Study
Public service careers: police, prison service. Career in
the legal profession. Useful for Social work careers too. Careers working with
young offenders. Civil Service where HR does recruitment for sensitive jobs.
Also National Probation Service, the Courts and Tribunals Service or the
National Offender Management Service.
Access to:
- BSc Criminology
- BA Criminology
- BA Criminology and Criminal Justice
- BSc (Hons) Criminology and Psychology
- LLB (Hons) Law with Criminology
- BA (Hons) Criminology and Sociology
- BA (Hons) Criminology
- BSc (Hons) Psychology and Sociology
- BSc Criminology with Law
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Assessment
Changing Awareness of Crime Mandatory assignments
90LH
Criminological Theories Mandatory exam 90GLH 90 mins and
three questions
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Entry Requirements
Students
wishing to include A Levels in their programme need to have (or expect to
achieve) at least five GCSEs at grade 4 or above, including English at
grade 5.
Students
will need a satisfactory school reference.
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