BSc Criminal Justice and Psychology
Entry requirements
A level: BCC-BBC IB: We are happy to accept IB qualifications which achieve the required number of UCAS Tariff points.
About this course
BSc (Hons) in Psychology and Sociology, combining the study of criminal justice and psychological perspectives. Core topics include statistics, research methods, psychological assessment, and human behaviour. The second year includes a work placement running from October to April, and the third year culminates in a supervised dissertation on psychosocial analysis of offending behaviour.
Modules
- Multi-agency Work in Criminal Justice
- Addictions and Offending
- Mental Health and Offending
- Criminal Justice
- Introduction to Mental Health
- Introduction to Personality, Social & Developmental Psychology
- Doing Criminal Justice Research
- Work Placement
- Psychology and The Law
- Cyber Crime and Criminal Justice
- Introduction to Probation Studies
- Rehabilitation and Treatment of Offenders
- Biological Psychology
- Developmental Psychology
- Social Psychology
- Cognitive Psychology
- Gender, Sex and Violence
- Psychosocial Analysis of Offending Behaviour Dissertation
- Criminal and Forensic Psychology in Practice
- Psychological Explanations of Crime
- The Politics of Policing
- Cybercrime and Security
- Forensic Psychology: Eyewitnesses and Suspects
- Psychology in the Courtroom
- Clinical Psychology and Mental Health