Criminology - BA (Hons) at University of Kent

On our Criminology degree you consider the criminal justice system alongside criminological and sociological theories. We give you the strong theoretical grounding, analytical expertise and communication skills needed to start a successful career in the criminal justice sector and elsewhere.

Explore key issues in criminology and criminal justice within a wider sociological and social policy context. Covering both traditional and cutting-edge areas of debate, our degree challenges you to offer new ideas on preventing crime, reducing injustice and helping society.

You are taught across disciplines including law, politics, psychology and social research. As you progress through your degree, you deepen your knowledge of crime and criminal justice and can explore drug culture, forensic psychology, youth and crime, the sociology of imprisonment, and terrorism and modern society.