Program Overview

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Course overview

After a grounding in first year, you will specialise in a range of areas of crime, victimology, criminal justice, and crime prevention emphasising key transferable skills in preparation for graduate level employment in a global market.

You will have the opportunity to:

Link major theoretical perspectives to contemporary issues and debates – putting theory into practice.

Reflect analytically and critically on a wide range of issues and emerging trends relating to crime, control, and criminal justice in local and global contexts.

Apply creative solutions to crime problems, and to systemic failures in dealing with crime.

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Global Ready

An international outlook, with global opportunities

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Teaching excellence

Taught by lecturers who are experts in their field

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Employability

Career ready graduates, with the skills to succeed

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Why you should study this course

Applied approach designed to develop the skills required for graduate employment in various criminal justice roles

Expert speakers

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from agencies involved in criminal justice complement and contextualise your understanding (subject to availability)

International perspective on crime

Have opportunities to participate in international field trips

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– previous criminology trips have included South Africa, USA, Finland, Estonia, and Poland

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Joint 3rd for career prospects in Criminology (Guardian University Guide 2022).

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Our criminology courses are ranked joint third for career prospects.

Guardian University Guide 2022

My experience of studying Criminology at Coventry University has been exceptional. Even during the unprecedented pandemic in which we had to switch to online learning, my course was able to efficiently improvise to continue to deliver remarkable and fascinating content.

Bradlee Subhan – current Criminology BA (Hons) student, quoted in 2022