StudyQA — Bachelor: Criminology — Liverpool John Moores University

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The BA (Hons) Criminology at Liverpool John Moores University is taught by research active experts and offers exciting opportunites for international fieldwork.

Opportunity to undertake international fieldwork visits to places such as Ljubljana, Slovenia and Gothenburg, Sweden
Opens up a diverse range of careers including probation work, youth justice, drug referral schemes, victim support, and police and prison services
Excellent research-led teaching

Work-related learning

Work-related learning is incorporated into every level of this programme so that once you graduate you will be equipped with a range of transferable skills in analysis and interpretation, presentation, teamwork, initiative and research, together with direct work experience that employers value highly.

This degree provides opportunities for you to undertake supervised independent study on a criminology-related issue of your choice, enabling the development of a wide variety of transferable skills and abilities essential for your future employability. For example, the Dissertation and Case Study modules require students to identify an appropriate topic; develop a programme of study and present a clear, coherent and robust piece of written work. While the International Fieldwork module provides students with a unique opportunity to develop and improve these transferable skills within an international context.

The study of criminology isn't just about the institutions of the criminal justice system. You will also study areas like corporate crime, state crime, miscarriages of justice and inequalities relating to age, class, gender and race.

This interdisciplinary BA course gives you the chance to look at criminology from the perspective of other disciplines such as geography, history, psychology, political science and sociology giving you a much broader understanding of the subject and a rich choice of careers.

Throughout the course, you will be encouraged to develop your critical thinking skills by questioning what we mean by the terms ‘crime’, ‘criminals’, ‘punishment’ and ‘justice’.

For example, how are such terms constructed and what are the implications for practice? In the third year, you will have an opportunity to explore crime and criminal justice issues in an international context on the International Fieldwork Module and to complete a work-based placement on the Professional Studies module.

Level 4

Introduction to Criminological Theory
Criminology in Action
Inside the Criminal Justice System
Researching Crime and Justice
Media, Crime and Victimisation
Contemporary Issues in Criminology

Level 5

Advanced Criminological Theory
Criminology into Practice
The Politics of Social Control
Imagining Crime: Progressive Criminological Theory
Local and Global Criminology
Criminological Research Enquiry

Level 6

The following options are typically offered:

Dissertation: Proposition and Development
Dissertation
Interchange: Working with Communities
Interchange: Community-based Learning
Eco-Global Crime and Harm
International Fieldwork in Criminology, including a week long international residential (current destination Slovenia)
Police, Power and Social Order
Drugs, Intoxication and Society
Children and Young People 'at Risk'
Theorising Sexed Violence
Human Rights
Crime, Media, Culture
Justice, Ethics and Responsibility
Children and Young People in Conflict with the Law
Crime, Space and Place
Security, Crime and Terrorism
Criminalisation, Punishment and the State

Requirements

Successful completion of a first year of Bachelor degree/Bakalvr from a recognised institution or a Diploma of Completed Specialised Secondary Education (basic level) will be considered.
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The application fee is £13 if you’re applying to just one course, or £24 for multiple courses
All academic transcripts
Copies of degree/diploma certificates or work reference (if employed)
One academic reference
An English Language test score (IELTS) 6.0
Your personal statement
Copy of your valid passport (with a minimum of 6 months left before expiration)