Criminology

About this course

Criminology is a discipline that opens up some of the most important and contested questions in social life: why do people break rules, how does society decide what counts as a crime, and what should be done about those who offend? It is a subject that draws on philosophy, sociology, psychology, and law to produce a genuinely interdisciplinary understanding of crime, justice, and punishment, and it challenges students to think carefully and critically rather than accepting easy answers. At the University of Derby, this three-year full-time programme includes a foundation year and a year abroad, making it both accessible and internationally oriented. You will debate major philosophical ideas about retribution, rehabilitation, and punishment, exploring why people commit crime, how laws are created and broken, how effective different sentencing approaches are, and what the experience of cr

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 40% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 5% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 5% of graduatescards →
• 40 / 100Sales occupations · 10% of graduatescards →
• 30 / 100Managers, directors and senior officials · 10% of graduatescards →
• 18 / 100Teaching Professionals · 10% of graduatescards →

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