Criminology with Sociology

About this course

Criminology and sociology together offer a powerful toolkit for understanding how societies create, define, and respond to crime and deviance. Criminology draws on law, psychology, sociology, and political science to examine why crime happens, who is most affected by it, and how criminal justice systems respond. Sociology provides the broader framework, examining social inequality, institutions, culture, and the structural forces that shape human behaviour and social outcomes. Combining the two allows you to analyse crime not as an isolated phenomenon but as a product of social conditions and power relations. At Winchester this three-year full-time programme introduces you to both sociological and criminological theories and asks you to apply them to complex, real-world problems. You will examine the relationship between social inequalities, divisions, and crime, and analyse the best wa

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 37% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 62 / 100Secretarial and related occupations · 3% of graduatescards →
• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 10% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 11% of graduatescards →
• 40 / 100Sales occupations · 8% of graduatescards →
• 30 / 100Managers, directors and senior officials · 5% of graduatescards →

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