Criminology and Criminal Justice, Bachelor

Criminology is an inter-disciplinary subject area that has emerged from the attention distinct disciplines have paid to offenders, offending, and responding to both. Your degree in Criminology and Criminal Justice (a double major) draws broadly on knowledge and perspectives from a range of disciplines including Law, Psychology, History, Anthropology, and Geography. This combination of topics will expose you to the breadth of contemporary Criminology and Criminal Justice issues. You will gain an understanding of the practical role Criminology plays in advising governments on issues relating to national / international / transnational criminality, crime prevention, policing, sentencing, corrective services, offender treatment, and offender risk assessment / management. You will also learn about the importance of forensic science for justice and the relevance of empirical research to guide policy development and practice. This degree will teach you to understand crime and punishment in an inter-disciplinary context, being encouraged to question current practices and find ways for improvement. You will develop a broad range of employment-relevant skills, including the capacity to think critically, integrate theory and research to practice, and communicate effectively in written and oral forms.

Criminology is an inter-disciplinary subject area that has emerged from the attention distinct disciplines have paid to offenders and offending, and responding to both. As such, this extended Criminology and Criminal Justice major draws broadly on knowledge and perspectives from a range of disciplines including Law, Psychology, History, Anthropology, and Geography. The combination of core and optional units in this major structure will expose students to the breadth of contemporary Criminology and Criminal Justice issues. Included in this will be understanding the practical role Criminology plays in advising governments on issues relating to national, international, and transnational criminality, crime prevention, policing, sentencing, corrective services, offender treatment, and offender risk assessment and management. Additionally, this extended major also requires students to develop a relevant understanding of the importance of forensic science for justice and the relevance of empirical research to guide policy development, reform and practice. Students will learn to understand crime and punishment in an inter-disciplinary context, being encouraged to question current practices and find ways for improvement. This extended Criminology and Criminal Justice major will require students to develop a broad range of employment-relevant skills, including the capacity to think critically, integrate theory and research to practice, and communicate effectively in written and oral forms.