Criminology and Sociology

About this course

Criminology and sociology are disciplines that were practically made for each other. Sociology is the science of social life, examining how societies are structured, how norms and institutions are formed, and how power, inequality, and culture shape what people do and who they are. Criminology applies many of the same questions and methods to a specific domain, asking how certain behaviours come to be defined as criminal, why those definitions vary across places and over time, what causes offending, and how the criminal justice system operates in practice. Studied together, they develop an unusually complete analytical toolkit for understanding both crime as a social phenomenon and the society in which it occurs. At Queen's University Belfast this three-year full-time programme covers both disciplines properly, giving you grounding in the sociological theories that seek to explain the f

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 35% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 72 / 100Information Technology Professionals · 3% of graduatescards →
• 60 / 100Business, Research and Administrative Professionals · 5% of graduatescards →
• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 11% of graduatescards →
• 52 / 100Finance Professionals · 8% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 8% of graduatescards →

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