Criminology and Criminal Justice

About this course

Criminology and criminal justice is the social-scientific study of crime, deviance, and the systems society creates to respond to them. Criminology asks why crime occurs, who commits it, who is most affected by it, and whether the categories we use to define and measure it are as neutral as they appear. Criminal justice examines the institutions, processes, and practices through which society responds to crime, including the police, the courts, the prison system, and the probation service, asking whether these systems are effective, fair, and humane. Together they provide both the conceptual tools to understand crime as a social phenomenon and the critical perspective to assess the systems designed to address it. At the University of Kent this three-year programme covers a wide range of topics, including drug policy and the criminalisation of drug use, cybercrime and the challenges of p

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 38% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 68 / 100Customer service occupations · 4% of graduatescards →
• 62 / 100Secretarial and related occupations · 3% of graduatescards →
• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 12% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 11% of graduatescards →
• 40 / 100Sales occupations · 8% of graduatescards →

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