Criminology and Forensic Science

About this course

Criminology and Forensic Science sits at the meeting point of social inquiry and natural science, bringing together two disciplines that are essential to understanding crime and the justice system. Criminology asks why crime happens, how society responds to it, and what drives patterns of offending across different communities and contexts. Forensic Science provides the physical and chemical toolkit that investigators use to reconstruct events, identify perpetrators, and present evidence in court. Studying both together gives you a distinctive perspective that spans the human and scientific dimensions of criminal justice. On this programme at the University of Northumbria at Newcastle, you will explore theories of criminal behaviour alongside practical techniques in forensic analysis. You will examine areas such as crime scene investigation, the collection and processing of physical evi

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