Criminology and Criminal Justice

About this course

Criminology and criminal justice ask fundamental questions about how societies define, respond to, and attempt to prevent harm. Criminology investigates the nature, causes, and distribution of crime, examining how social, economic, and psychological factors shape criminal behaviour and how communities and institutions respond to it. Criminal justice examines the systems through which societies manage wrongdoing, including policing, prosecution, courts, prisons, and alternatives to punishment, asking whether these systems are effective, fair, and humane. Together, they form a discipline that is both analytically demanding and socially urgent. At Birkbeck College, this part-time BSc takes a critical and questioning approach to criminology, exploring conventional frameworks in criminal justice alongside alternative perspectives on harmful behaviour in society. You will examine what crime i

Where its graduates go

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