Criminology
Haberdashers' Crayford Academy
Course summary
The curriculum intent for Criminology encourages learners to become independent, creative problem solvers and thinkers as individuals and part of a team. It enables them to identify needs and opportunities and to respond to them through the evaluation of past and present crime and policing of it. Criminology's meaning involves analysing illegal human behaviours and crime prevention methods. The field of criminology blends social science and psychology with criminal justice. As a criminologist, you'll explore the many causes of criminal activity among different groups of people. The course enables students to weave together these branches of humanities and consider the criminal justice system which impacts on their own behaviour, conduct in UK society, other individuals, employers, society and the environment. This is an Applied General qualification. This means it is designed primarily to support learners progressing to university. Studying Criminology, you will develop critical thinking, analytical and communications skills, attractive to employers both inside and outside the criminal justice sector. It has been designed to offer exciting and interesting experiences that focus learning for 16-19 year-old learners through applied learning, i.e. through the acquisition of knowledge and understanding in purposeful contexts linked to the criminal justice system.
Entry Requirements
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Grade 5 GCSE in English Grade 6 GCSE* in History, Religious Studies or Citizenship
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