Criminology

Why Choose this course?

WJEC Level 3 Diploma in Criminology is a qualification with elements of psychology, law and sociology. The course complements studies in humanities. Criminology is a popular subject for students who have a keen interest in understanding crime. The course supports access to higher education degree courses such as, Criminology, Criminology and Criminal Justice, Criminology and Psychology, Law with Criminology, Criminology and Sociology, Psychology and Sociology.

Prospects

This qualification allows learners to gain the required understanding and skills to be able to consider employment within some aspects of the criminal justice system, e.g. the National Probation Service, the Courts and Tribunals Service or the National Offender Management Service. Many students progress to study a criminology degree at university which can be combined with other subjects, such as psychology, and used as entry into a range of crime related careers, such as criminal profiling, and forensic investigators.

Course Content

You will get the chance to explore several types of crime in society and how people's perceptions of crime are shaped by the societies they live in and how we decide what behaviour is criminal.

You will get the chance to explore the reasons why people commit crime and what makes someone a serial killer, or abusive to their own families.

Criminologists have produced theoretical explanations of why people commit crime.

You will look at how society tackles crime through the law, policing, and punishment, exploring what a 'miscarriage of justice' is and why such a thing occurs?

You will consider what organisations we have in society to control criminality or those who will not abide by the social rules that most of us follow.

How is the course assessed

50% controlled assessment, 50% examination.
Unit 1 & 3 Assessed in the form of a controlled assessment (coursework) which will be completed at the end of the teaching of that unit.
Unit 2 & 4 (External) are assessed in a 90-minute exam paper. There will be 3 questions on the paper, which will involve short and extended questions based on an applied problem-solving scenario. You will be awarded grades A*-E at the end of the two-year course.