Criminology

About this course

Criminology is the social science of crime: why it happens, who commits it, how society responds to it, and what drives the patterns of offending and victimisation that shape communities and justice systems. It draws on sociology, psychology, law, and public policy to examine crime not as an isolated act of individual deviance but as a social phenomenon that is deeply connected to structural inequalities, cultural norms, institutional practices, and political choices. Criminology asks critical questions about who gets defined as criminal, how the justice system operates in practice, and whether the responses society deploys are effective, fair, or humane. At the University of Northumbria at Newcastle, this three-year full-time programme gives you a rigorous grounding in criminological theory and research alongside an understanding of the criminal justice system in England and Wales. You

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