Social Policy with Criminology, BSc (Hons)

Social Policy offers a compelling platform for critically examining contemporary social issues, including human wellbeing, inequality, disadvantage, and crime, within a global framework. Drawing on theories from social, political, public policy, and economic disciplines, students explore real-world challenges and their implications.This program enables students to incorporate a Criminology specialism into their Social Policy studies, investigating the nature, causes, and extent of crime, justice, social harm, and deviance across national and international contexts. It also evaluates policy responses through a broader lens of social sciences. At Bristol, Social Policy tackles pressing questions such as how to address inequality, persistent poverty, the climate crisis, and citizen involvement in policy. Incorporating Criminology further explores issues like the prevalence of serious crimes, their root causes, and the effectiveness of criminal justice systems, policymakers, and governments in mitigating these harms.