Crime and Criminal Justice
University of Huddersfield
UCAS Code: H097 | Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)
University of Huddersfield
UCAS Code: H097 | Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)
Entry requirements
A level
Access to HE Diploma
or above.
112-104 UCAS tariff points from International Baccalaureate qualifications.
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
T Level
Pass at T level with grade C or above on core.
UCAS Tariff
from a combination of Level 3 qualifications.
About this course
Our Crime and Criminal Justice BSc(Hons) course prepares you for an fascinating and rewarding career in the criminal justice sector. You’ll cover key areas of knowledge needed to support you in applying for work within the statutory prison and probation sectors, as well as allied organisations.
This course is designed to develop your skills and understanding of how the Criminal Justice System works and it’s effectiveness in managing offenders and supporting victims. You’ll have the opportunity to explore important topical problems within the system, such as prison overcrowding, trends in sentencing rates, ethics and impacts of different punishments and sentencing decisions. You’ll be able to focus on how we work with different offenders, offences and victims, such as mentally disordered offenders, high risk and violent offenders, or in respect to sexual offences.
Throughout the course you’ll be supported to develop key employability skills and graduate attributes necessary to work in the criminal justice system. You’ll gain core professional skills in group work, analysis and assessment of data, critical thinking, report writing and presentation of recommendations, verbal and written presentation, digital skills. These culminate in a supported independent piece of research in an area that you are passionate about and which demonstrates your project management and researching skills.
**Why study Crime and Criminal Justice BSc(Hons) at University of Huddersfield?**
Off campus, you’ll gain real-world experience via a work experience in your second year), putting your skills and knowledge to the test by undertaking at least 30 hours in a relevant setting.
Learn from a team of research-active tutors who specialise or have experience in key areas of the criminal justice system, such as probation, prisons, police, vulnerability and housing, race and difference, and mental wellbeing.
One of our tutors will act as your Personal Academic Tutor, too, ensuring you are getting the most from your studies and are fully prepared for your future career.
Past students work experiences include working with the police in roles such as being a special constable, translator and appropriate adult. As well as departments and organisations such as the police visitor scheme, youth offending teams, prisons, restorative justice organisations, CCTV units, Local Authority anti-social behaviour units and courts as well as in voluntary agencies that provide support to adult and juvenile offenders and victims in the community.
**Professional Bodies**
At Huddersfield, you’ll study the Global Professional Award alongside your degree† so that you can gain valuable qualities and experiences that could help you to get the career you want, no matter what your field of study is.
†full-time, undergraduate first degrees with a minimum duration of three years. This does not include postgraduate, foundation, top-up, accelerated or apprenticeship degrees.
**Why Huddersfield?**
Huddersfield’s vibrant and friendly campus is a great place from which to study, while the town itself offers lots to see and do, with good transport links in and around the area.
**Not quite ready to start Crime and Criminal Justice BSc(Hons)?**
Successful completion of one of our Foundation Pathways will equip you with the foundation knowledge to study Crime and Criminal Justice.
Modules
Year 1 modules include:
• Myths and Realities of Crime
• Introduction to Criminology and Criminal Justice
• Exploring the Social Sciences
• Human Rights in a Global World
To see the full range of modules and descriptions, please visit our website. A link to this course can be found at the bottom of the page in the ‘Course contact details’ section.
Assessment methods
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Extra funding
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The Uni
University of Huddersfield
Department of Social and Psychological Sciences (HDSPS)
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Top job areas of graduates
We have quite a lot of sociology graduates, although numbers fell last year. But graduates still do pretty well. Most sociology graduates go straight into work when they complete their degrees, and a lot of graduates go into jobs in social professions such as recruitment, education, community and youth work, and housing. An important option for a sociology graduate is social work - and we're short of people willing to take this challenging but rewarding career. Sociology is a flexible degree and you can find graduates from the subject in pretty much every reasonable job — obviously, you don't find many doctors or engineers, but you do find them in finance, the media, healthcare, marketing and even IT. Sociology graduates taking further study often branch out into other qualifications, like teaching, law, psychology, HR and even maths, so don’t think a sociology degree restricts you to just one set of options.
Social policy
What are graduates doing after six months?
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Top job areas of graduates
Just over 1,600 students graduated in social policy in 2015, which makes it one of the smaller social studies subjects. This is a popular subject at Masters level — 750 Masters in social policy were awarded last year - and so a lot of the more sought-after jobs in management and research tend to go to social policy graduates with postgraduate degrees. For those who leave university after their first degree, then jobs in social care (especially community and youth work) and education, the police, marketing and human resources and recruitment are popular — along with local government, although there are fewer of those jobs around than in the past. This degree is a bit less reliant on London for jobs than other similar subjects, so if you'd like to work outside the capital, it might be worth considering - although the jobs still tend to be in big cities.
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Looking further ahead, below is a rough guide for what graduates went on to earn.
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Social policy
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