BA / BSc (Hons) Applied Criminology

Criminology is the study of crime, criminal justice and its relationship with society; it dominates national and world news reports and is a constant feature in entertainment media.Crime is a subject with an inherent fascination that grips many of the public. Crime dominates the news, features prominently in political debates and forms the subject matter of many of the films and series we watch in out leisure time. These are things we consider in our Applied Criminology courses, but we also explore so much more!Criminology is a multi-disciplinary subject which approaches its subject matter through different perspectives, including sociology, the law, psychology, philosophy and history. As part of this, we cast a critical and analytic eye over processes of criminalisation – or how and who becomes a criminal – and crime control.The Applied Criminology course at Christ Church will cover key criminological concepts to provide you with a strong grounding in criminology. Optional modules will allow you to specialise in the areas of crime that interest you most, such as, interpersonal violence, terrorism, political violence, cybercrime, youth crime and gangs or social harm and mental health and crime.