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Course Leader: Mrs F Allen
An understanding of criminology is relevant to many job roles within the criminal justice sector, social and probation work and sociology and psychology.
The Applied Diploma in Criminology draws together criminal aspects of psychology, law, ethics, sociology and the wider humanities in seeking answers to academic and societal questions, such as what are the causes/effects of criminal behaviour, and how crime has changed in the last 100 years.
Teaching Staff
Criminology Clubs and Trips
Students will be provided with opportunities to meet people who work in the fields of criminal justice.
What do our children study?
The course involves study of four mandatory units:
- Changing Awareness of Crime - In the first unit you will study the different types of crimes, learning the difference between individual offences, white collar crimes and technological crimes. You will also consider which types of crimes are the most unreported, and the reasons for this, specifically the role of the media in this context.
- Criminological Theories - In the second unit you draw upon your understanding from Unit 1 of what crime is and consider why individuals commit crime, drawing up psychological and sociological theories. You will also consider how these theories and social change affect policy development in crime.
- Crime Scene to Courtroom - The third provides you with an understanding of the criminal justice system from when a crime has been identified, to the verdict. In this law-focused unit you will learn the techniques used to gather evidence along with the procedures to effectively investigate a crime. You will also develop an understanding of the criminal trial process.
- Crime and Punishment - In the final unit you will apply your understanding of the awareness of criminality, criminological theories and the process of bringing an accused to court in order to evaluate the effectiveness of social control to deliver criminal justice policy. In this unit you will further consider the processes of the criminal justice system alongside the processes of law-making, you will also study theories of social control with the aims and types of punishment available.
Assessment Methods: The assessment is 50% external examination (Units 2 and 4) and 50% controlled assessment (Units 1 and 3).
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