Crime and Criminal Justice

About this course

Crime and criminal justice is a degree that places the study of crime firmly in its social, institutional, and political context. Rather than approaching crime primarily as a biological or psychological phenomenon, this discipline asks how crime is defined, by whom, and in whose interests, how the criminal justice system, from policing and prosecution to the courts and prisons, operates in practice and what its effects are, and what the relationship is between crime, inequality, and the structures of society. Drawing on sociology, criminology, and law, the degree develops a critical and evidence-based understanding of crime that goes well beyond common-sense assumptions. At the University of Huddersfield, you will study crime and criminal justice over three years of full-time study. The curriculum takes you through the major criminological theories that have tried to explain crime and d

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 35% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 62 / 100Secretarial and related occupations · 10% of graduatescards →
• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 10% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 5% of graduatescards →
• 40 / 100Sales occupations · 5% of graduatescards →
• 15 / 100Welfare and housing associate professionals · 5% of graduatescards →

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