BSc (Hons) Criminology with Law Bachelor's degree at Teesside University

Develop academic skills, knowledge and understanding to support successful study within a criminology and sociology higher education learning environment. You learn personal and transferable skills, such as searching for and retrieving information, evaluating evidence, critical thinking, note-taking and summarising, presenting, group work and digital learning.

Study the foundational elements and key questions in sociology and criminology. Explore essential questions related to crime, harm and deviance, gaining wider understanding of society, individuals and institutions.

Criminal law, perhaps the best-known aspect of the legal system, presents an interesting and challenging area of study. You are introduced to the English legal system, gaining an understanding of the nature and purpose of criminal law, the principles of criminalisation and the basic elements of a crime. Examine some controversial aspects of criminal law, including problematic criminal offences and defences, and the way in which criminal law responds to particular social problems.

You study the criminal justice system and a range of agencies and institutions that operate within it. Explore the origins and purposes of the system to understand criminal justice within a broader historical, political, social, and economic context. You examine specific issues related to contemporary criminal justice including probation, prisons, restorative justice, race and gender.

You develop your understanding of the major developments in criminological theory from the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Appraise contemporary crime theories and apply them to real-life problems of crime, deviance and harm.

Employment law and practice consists of a series of statutory provisions and common law principles which are concerned with the regulation of the employment relationship. Employment law involves the study of the contract of employment, as well as a number of statutory employment rights (including unfair dismissal). At the individual level this module examines discrimination in terms of sex, race, disability, age and equal pay. At the collective level, the subject involves a consideration of coll

Develop an understanding of employment pathways, opportunities, reflective practice, experiential learning, and social research methods in criminology and sociology, ready for employment. Explore employability issues and skills with our Student Futures team, external professionals and alumni. Gain an understanding of the philosophy of social science, relevant research designs, strategies and methods, equipping you with the knowledge to make reasoned, informed and evaluative decisions in both res

The role of the victim within the criminal justice system has become a key area of policy discussion and reform in recent decades, and you examine that development in critical depth. In considering the place of the victim within society and the criminal justice system, you examine debates related to the rights of victims balanced against the rights of offenders. You also explore the support available to victims of crime and consider this through a victim-oriented lens covering a range of differe

Your dissertation provides the platform to produce a piece of independent research, with academic supervision. Define your own research questions and design, and plan your research to work on over the course of the semester. You choose a desk-based dissertation, an empirical study or a piece of active research which may involve student negotiated collaboration with an organisation (public or third sector). If conducting fieldwork, you are required to gain university ethical approval prior to any

Explore important contemporary developments in criminology. You develop a detailed analysis of various issues at the forefront of the discipline, including not just crime, but harm, as a broader category for critical social analysis. Your learning is informed by experts with a wide range of real-world experience covering themes such as ultra-realism, deviant leisure, green criminology and narratives in the legal system.

You study the relationship between philosophies of punishment, methods and strategies of penal intervention, including sentencing, imprisonment, community sentences and community supervision. You also explore the ethical conflicts and dilemmas that emerge because of society's response to criminal behaviour. Focusing on the key principles of security, control and justice, you investigate issues of differential treatment, the response and adaptation of prison populations to penal practices and reg

You begin by focusing on children, an area where historically the rights of parents have been of prime concern. However, modern developments and the Children Act 1989, have stressed the rights of the child and the responsibilities of parents and others taking the place of parents. Private law, regulating the relationship of the child to others, and public law, focusing on child protection, are brought together. You move onto the formation and dissolution of formal relationships between adults, t

Get practical experience offering free advice in different areas of law to members of the public through the University's Law Clinic. You work on real client cases practising law skills and get involved with other legal projects supervised by the Director of Clinical Legal Education.

You explore and understand aspects of criminal and civil litigation, including the processes and rules involved to communicate effectively when presenting a case in civil and criminal proceedings.