Criminology and Sociology

About this course

Criminology and sociology are natural partners. Criminology investigates the causes, patterns, and consequences of crime, and asks how societies respond to it through law, policing, courts, and prisons. Sociology provides the broader theoretical framework: the analysis of social structure, inequality, culture, and power that makes it possible to understand why crime is distributed unevenly across society and why responses to it reflect particular interests and assumptions. Together they offer a rigorous and critical lens on some of the most pressing questions in contemporary public life. At Roehampton, you will study both disciplines in depth, exploring sociological theories from the classical canon through to contemporary debates on intersectionality, globalisation, and digital society, while also examining criminological frameworks such as labelling theory, strain theory, and desistan

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 41% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 14% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 7% of graduatescards →
• 40 / 100Sales occupations · 10% of graduatescards →
• 30 / 100Managers, directors and senior officials · 6% of graduatescards →
• 18 / 100Teaching Professionals · 4% of graduatescards →

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