BA (Hons) Criminology Bachelor's degree at Sheffield Hallam University

This module provides foundational knowledge and understanding of the study of criminology and the criminal justice system. You'll study topics such as: Contemporary criminological topics, debates, concepts and perspectives; Ethical notions of justice, exclusion, stigmatisation and disparity of outcomes; Expression of ideas and understanding of the criminological field; A Curriculum Integrated Employability (CIE) assessment opportunity; Fundraising as a graduate skill for criminal justice setting

Assessment: Coursework (100%)

This module applies disciplinary understandings and introduces research methods. You'll study topics such as: Criminalisation, victimisation, responses and policy development; Human rights, social justice, penal policy and crime in a global context; Applications in practice via criminological research techniques; A virtual international Curriculum Informed Employability (CIE) opportunity; Enhancement of key transferable global skills; Critical reflection to form of an action plan for L5 study as

Assessment: Coursework (100%)

This module enables you to understand and analyse intersecting social inequalities within the study of criminology – including research design and planning, methods and analysis. You'll study topics such as: Criminological concerns in social, geographical and historical contexts; Applying theory to real-world criminological issues and social harm; Creating research questions and project planning; The politics of knowledge production; Challenging dominant research paradigms, ethics and positional

Assessment: Coursework (100%)

This module is an opportunity to work in a relevant environment, fully engaging with the specific agency, organisation or provider to develop your skills, knowledge and values. You'll be supported with on-campus and online teaching while spending a portion of the week with a relevant provider in a physical or virtual workplace setting – a placement we can provide or you can self-source (with agreement). You'll apply learning and skills such as: Application and interview for selection; Risk asses

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This module engages you with workplace and work-related activities determined by external clients – you'll get to explore your personal values and reflect on your skills while enhancing your knowledge of the workplace. You'll collaborate to develop your graduate employability skills for career readiness and research skills for onward study, with learning support in on-campus and online lectures and seminars. You'll apply your learning and skills to: Experiential learning activities and careers s

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This module is for undergraduate students to study abroad in their second year, Semester 2 (only for courses that offer this option). With this module, you can spend a semester at one of the University's approved partner institutions worldwide – from Europe to the Americas, Asia Australia or Canada. Study Abroad plays an important role in the University's commitment to an engaging, challenging, and thriving learning culture. It offers opportunities to experience other academic cultures and foste

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The aim of this module is to enhance students' professional development through the completion of and reflection on meaningful work placement(s). A work placement will provide students with opportunities to experience the realities of professional employment and experience how their course can be applied within their chosen industry setting. The placement will: Allow student to apply the skills, theories and behaviours relevant and in addition to their course; Enable students to enhance their in

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This module develops specialised knowledge and a critical understanding of global and human security, including our responses to 21st century threats and crimes – with a strong emphasis on the meanings and salience of race, colonialism, decolonisation and justice. You'll study topics such as: Ongoing colonial crimes and 21st century threats; Climate crime; Migration and displacement; Racial capitalism; Digital poverty; Forced digitalisation; The criminality of security issues; The coloniality of

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You'll develop critical abilities and awareness of comparative criminal justice – looking at how criminal justice is 'done' in different jurisdictions, engaging with comparative research designs, and critically unpicking research from multiple jurisdictions. You'll study topics such as: Critical research skills; Global awareness; Comparing and contrasting crime; Social context and responses to crime internationally; Theories of policy transfer; The impact of global politics on criminal justice;

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This module highlights controversial policing policies and practices which operate in ways that marginalise a range of population groups. We'll explore social-control themes of plural policing, legitimacy, compliance and punishment through policing on an international scale. You'll study topics such as: Policing sub-criminal behaviour; Stop and search; Policing protest; Surveillance networks; Policing vulnerabilities.

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This module explores and interrogates concepts of crime, harm and justice – critically considering how actions of states and corporations can cause harm in developed and developing countries, and how these actions are regulated and resisted. You'll study topics such as: Harms online; Migration; Environmental harm; Surveillance; The intersections of harm; Interconnections between differing spatial scales; Power and discourse; State-corporate crime; Green criminology.

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This module examines contemporary gendered injustices and critically considers how the state defines, controls and responds to harms – in both public and private – through complex social structures that serve to (re)produce and maintain them. You'll study topics such as: Gender and feminist epistemologies; Women's experiences and treatment in the criminal justice system; The intersections of gender, 'race' and class; Sex work and the regulation of femininity; Violence and the British asylum syst

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This module explores desistance and recovery from crime, drugs, gambling, pornography and other related harms – locally and globally. We'll address the stigma and exclusion of these cohorts within criminal justice, penal welfare organisations and the community. You'll study topics such as: Concepts and practices of desistance and recovery; Policies and systems of rehabilitation and treatment; Discrimination and pathways to desistance and recovery; Local, indigenous, and international contexts fo

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This module develops your understanding of criminal justice practice in prisons, probation and youth justice across international contexts – critically examining the impact of punishment on people in the system through the lenses of human rights, occupational culture, practice paradigms, privatisation and wider political contexts. You'll also explore diversity and intersectionality – from gender/sex to race, ethnicity and age. You'll study topics such as: Sentencing, legitimacy and compliance; E

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This module extends your knowledge of real-world problems to an organisation that helps you relate theoretical, research or policy frameworks to practical challenges – locally, nationally and globally. We'll integrate reflective practice in lectures and interactive workshops, focus

Assessment: Coursework (100%)