BSc (Hons) Criminology and Psychology Bachelor's degree at the University of Plymouth

This module is organised around the idea of the competent criminologist. It informs students about the constituent elements of competence, which include knowledge of crime, crime control and the wider contexts in which these are constructed; skills that facilitate the collection, use and critical analysis of academic, official and mediated sources of knowledge about crime; and values and ethics that inform both understandings and debates about crime and crime control. It seeks to provide student

Assessment: 100% Coursework

This module consists of two strands. Strand 1 provides an introduction to Social Psychology covering core topics such as inter and intra groups processes, emotional processes and the self in a social world. Strand 2 focusses upon Developmental Psychology and will cover both cognitive development and social/emotional development of children from infancy to adolescence.

This module introduces students to criminological theory. The module addresses the importance of theory in criminology and professional policing, critically examines a range of criminological theories, and applies criminological thought to a variety of practical concerns throughout history, including contemporary social life and problem-solving policing.

Examining police investigation techniques and methods from crime scene to court. Students conduct a criminal homicide investigation scenario looking at crime scene investigation, forensic science and the use of evidence, within the construction and prosecution of criminal cases. Students will also learn about professionalisation, ethics, accountability, legitimacy, profiling and the media.

Examining responses to crime primarily in England & Wales, drawing upon comparative examples and focusing on the criminal justice process, extending to crime founded upon different rationalities, such as restorative justice and risk management. This module incorporates workshops from our School-level employability lead about opportunities and support, including details of the optional placement year.

This module introduces the psychology of choices and behaviour, with an emphasis on health and risk. We will examine health behaviours, choices, and risks with a particular consideration of how these are influenced by biological and social factors. Students will have the opportunity to design and conduct research projects in groups, with presentation of this project forming the assessment for the module, in addition to assessment by Multiple Choice Quiz.

Assessment: 100% Coursework

This module examines a range of critical social scientific perspectives which have sought to make sense of crime control within its wider social context and in terms of its wider social significance. It considers the contributions of key social science theorists such as Stanley Cohen, David Garland, and Loic Wacquant and others whose work has focused upon crime control, and it seeks to apply their core ideas in order to illuminate our understanding of contemporary features of policy and practice

Assessment: 100% Coursework

The aim of this module is to give a basic overview of the physiological basis of human behaviour and the mechanisms underpinning complex cognition. This module consists of four strands. 1 Neuroscience (the nervous system) 2 Neuropsychology (cognitive neuroscience, research methods) 3 Evolutionary Psychology (adaptive explanations of behaviour) 4 Complex cognitive function (e.g., Language and Communication)

Assessment: 50% Practicals 50% Examinations

The aim of this module is to give an overview of how individuals vary in thinking, behaviour, and emotion, and the consequences this may have for their physical and mental health. This module consists of three strands. 1 Personality & Intelligence (development, measurement) 2 Health Psychology (physical health, behaviour change) 3 Special Educational Needs (Neurodiversity, neurodevelopment)

Assessment: 50% Coursework 50% Examinations

In this module, students develop their knowledge and practical skills in qualitative and quantitative social research methodologies. The students also learn how to use computer software packages to help with the collection and analysis of data. In addition, students gain knowledge of how to create a research proposal.

This module takes recent developments in criminological theory and analyses the potential for criminology as a discipline to contribute to understanding, contextualising and countering some of the greatest challenges facing society and the planet today. The emphasis on harm tests the boundaries of mainstream criminology and encourages students to think beyond social and legal constructions of crime.

This module is for students in the School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences who are interested in undertaking an optional placement in the third year of their programme. It supports students in their search, application, and preparation for the placement, including developing interview techniques and effective application materials (e.g. CVs, portfolios, and cover letters).

Students have the opportunity to gain work experience that will set them apart in the job market when they graduate by undertaking an optional flexible placement year. The placement must be a minimum of 24-weeks (which can be split between a maximum of two different placement providers) and up to a maximum of 48-weeks over the course of the academic year. The placement is flexible and can be undertaken virtually, part or full time and either paid or voluntary. Students will have the option to un

This module provides students with the opportunity to undertake their own sociological, criminological, professional policing or anthropological research project, working independently but under the supervision of an academic member of staff from the relevant discipline.

This course allows students to develop an in depth and critical appreciation of two areas of psychological research (from topics drawn from the current research programmes of the school's staff).

This course allows students to develop an in depth and critical appreciation of two areas of psychological research (from topics drawn from the current research programmes of the school's staff).

This module supports students to reflect on the knowledge, skills and experience that they have acquired throughout their degree/extra-curricular activities, in order to focus on their vision for future employment and related activities. Students will engage with academics, careers and employability staff and practitioners working within the criminal justice field, and so develop concrete ideas for their pathways into employment and/or ongoing study.

Assessment: 70% Coursework 30% Practicals

This module will address theoretical perspectives, methodological issues, and empirical research related to the field of green criminology, including applied concerns, such as policy and social/political praxis, through a range of concepts, topics, and themes that are central to green criminology.

This module explores contemporary developments within the study of leisure and consumerism, offering a theoretically informed understanding of key issues at the forefront of the discipline. Students will have the opportunity to study the changing nature of criminology's engagement with leisure against a backdrop of global consumer capitalism.

This module critically examines steadfast and emergent social issues at the interplay between social control and the social, providing students with a critical understanding of how the social is regulated socially, culturally and legally. We will do this by looking as social issues in urban space. We will explore meanings, cultural significance, and political consequences from a criminological perspective.

This module provides students with an opportunity to explore the nature and contours of contemporary terrorist threats in a domestic and international context, and the infrastructures, policy frameworks, practices and technologies through which such threats are countered and responded to, both in the real and virtual worlds.