Criminology

About this course

Criminology is the study of crime as a social phenomenon. It asks why crime occurs, who commits it, who is victimised, how society defines and responds to rule-breaking, and what the consequences are of punishment and reform. Rather than treating crime as simply a matter of individual wrongdoing, criminology situates it within wider social, economic, cultural, and political contexts, drawing on sociology, psychology, law, history, and philosophy to produce a genuinely multi-disciplinary understanding of one of the most pressing challenges facing any society. At Nottingham Trent University in Nottingham, this three-year full-time programme gives you a thorough grounding in criminological theory alongside practical research skills and an understanding of the criminal justice system as it operates in practice. You will study classical and contemporary theories of crime and deviance, the so

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