BA (Hons) Criminology and International Relations Bachelor's degree at Liverpool John Moores University

This module provides you with the integrated skills required for academic success. It will enhance your knowledge and understanding of the terminology and expectations associated with higher education study and you will learn to identify, understand and demonstrate academic research, writing and referencing techniques.

This module will provide you with the necessary skills to develop a Liverpool focussed research project from your subject perspective. You will identify and locate relevant source material; outline how this source material can be used as a foundation for your research project and write a coherent piece of academic work which evidences understanding of Liverpool.

This module provides you with the opportunity to understand contemporary Policing, Security and Criminal Justice and the local, national and international issues and challenges to securing social justice.

This module aims to develop your understandings of society at peace through a multi-disciplinary approach in humanities and social science. The assessment tasks will enable you to focus on a subject area which will facilitate your selection of a pathway for Level 4.

Global Crime and International Relations (Part 1) is a module that explores the intersections between international relations and international crime in order to highlight and explain their distinct yet interconnected nature and makeup. A significant focus of the module is on understanding the impact of globalisation on criminal networks and state security agencies, and the crossfire that civilians are oftentimes caught in.

This module will introduce you to the roles, agencies and institutions key to the operation of the Criminal Justice System. You will outline the decision-making mechanisms and how the Criminal Justice System operates in practice.

This module enables you to understand the world in which we live today. It provides a solid grounding in the study of international affairs through the varying theories that have been developed throughout the 20th and 21st Centuries.

Global Crime and International Security (Part 2) will introduce the students into the linkages between crime and security in twenty-first century. It will introduce students to the ways in which security is pursued, and crime is responded to on a global level through case examples of contemporary security issues and risks, institutional responses and global governance.

The state in international affairs is an essential component to the study of International Relations. This module will guide you through its development in Europe from the 17th Century to the present day.

This module will introduce you to a core of key theoretical perspectives within criminology. You will be encouraged to reflect upon the ways in which different theoretical strands have attempted to explain crime and criminal behaviour.

In an era of globalisation, it is possible to locate issues such as crime and justice on the international level. This is seen not just by the emergence of so-called transnational crimes, but by the cross-country responses to crime often coordinated by international organisations.

Research is the core business of all academic discovery. Understanding the plurality of methodology and methods and using them effectively to investigate global societies develops our academic and policy literacy.

This module provides you with the opportunity to develop an in-depth understanding of a particular topic related to Criminology and International Relations and enables you to develop the necessary research skills for the work place and prepares you for your Level 6 research project module.

This module enables you to focus on a particular region of the world based on what is of particular interest in the year of delivery, and contingent on the research expertise of the instructor.

This module aims to bring together the critical study of terrorism and critical approaches to the study of race and empire. This module will critically examine contemporary counter-terrorism practices and their historical origins in colonial contexts.

This module will help you to critically evaluate the theoretical perspectives of a number of key thinkers in criminology. A review of existing literature will enable you to appreciate the intellectual histories of their work.

It is increasingly recognised that globalisation, socio-economic and ecological interdependence, is revealed in the constant transition of people between places, societies and cultures, and globally generalised ecological impacts.

The aim is to provide students with a semester of study at an approved overseas partner that will replace one semester of their LJMU programme at level 5. This is a semester of full-time study at an approved higher education institution which will replace one semester of level 5 study at LJMU.

Students can choose to teach either in Politics or Criminology at A-Level. In the Politics A-Level they will be able to support the Global Politics content.