Criminology and Sociology

About this course

Criminology and sociology address complementary questions about how societies function, how rules are made and broken, and what happens when they are. Criminology examines crime and deviance in all their dimensions: why crime occurs, how it is distributed across populations and places, how criminal justice systems respond to it, and what the consequences of different responses are for individuals, communities and society as a whole. Sociology provides the theoretical foundations for understanding the social structures, inequalities and processes within which crime and justice are embedded. Together they give you a comprehensive analytical framework for one of the most pressing sets of social problems. At Manchester Metropolitan University, this three-year full-time degree explores crime, its causes, patterns, consequences and institutional responses within the wider context of social th

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 41% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 60 / 100Business, Research and Administrative Professionals · 6% of graduatescards →
• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 9% of graduatescards →
• 52 / 100Finance Professionals · 6% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 12% of graduatescards →
• 40 / 100Sales occupations · 8% of graduatescards →

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