Criminology QLS Level 3

Criminology is relevant to a range of professions within the police force, the criminal justice system, government, security management and social work, to name just a few! You may start at any time and have a full year to complete your studies. Completed coursework is delivered by post or via email, so handing in an assignment is simple. You will also have a personal tutor who will be there to offer support every step of the way.

Course Content

Unit 1 Definitions and Measurement

• The complex and diverse nature of defining crime
• How crime is measured
• Police recording of crime and the Crime Survey of England and Wales

Unit 2 Criminological Explanations of Crime

• Key criminological theories
• Assess dominant views of crime
• Theories with statistical data

Unit 3 Marxist vs Realist Views on Crime

• Traditional and Neo Marxist views on crime
• Right realist views
• Fully social theory with statistical data

Unit 4 Discourses of Violent Crime

• What constitutes violent crime
• Different constructions of violent crime
• Key theories of violent criminality
• Critique dominant discourses

Unit 5 Role of The Police

• The main functions of the police service
• How policing has changed over the last 100 years
• The role of policing
• Assess the future direction of the police service

Unit 6 Crime and Punishment

• Different theories of punishment;
• The merits of different views on punishment;
• The dominant use of prison as a form of punishment in the UK
• Using statistical evidence that capital punishment acts as a deterrent