Criminology and Sociology

About this course

Criminology and sociology together offer an unusually powerful lens through which to understand social problems and the systems that respond to them. Sociology is the study of how societies are organised, how power and inequality are distributed, how norms and institutions shape behaviour, and how social change happens. Criminology applies those analytical tools specifically to questions of crime, deviance, and criminal justice, asking why certain behaviours are defined as criminal, who gets policed and prosecuted, what the prison does, and whether the criminal justice system achieves its stated aims. The combination develops a critical and evidence-based approach to some of the most contested questions in social life. Aberystwyth University's three-year full-time BSc Criminology and Sociology is taught in the oldest law department in Wales, as the course notes, and has a typical entry

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 55% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 68 / 100Customer service occupations · 5% of graduatescards →
• 62 / 100Secretarial and related occupations · 5% of graduatescards →
• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 20% of graduatescards →
• 40 / 100Sales occupations · 15% of graduatescards →
• 40 / 100Natural and social science professionals · 10% of graduatescards →

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