Sociology and Criminology

About this course

Sociology and criminology together offer a powerful analytical framework for understanding some of the most pressing questions in contemporary society. Sociology examines how social structures, institutions, and inequalities shape individual lives and collective outcomes, asking why societies are organised as they are and who benefits and who loses from those arrangements. Criminology builds on this foundation to examine crime, deviance, and the institutions of criminal justice, asking not only why people commit offences but whether the responses of the state are just, effective, or consistent with social justice. At the University of Westminster, this part-time degree in Sociology and Criminology engages with the issues that make headline news, from immigration and social injustice to crime and youth unemployment, developing your sociological and criminological imagination in ways that

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 75% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 15% of graduatescards →
• 52 / 100Finance Professionals · 10% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 30% of graduatescards →
• 40 / 100Sales occupations · 10% of graduatescards →
• 15 / 100Welfare and housing associate professionals · 10% of graduatescards →

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