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What is the relationship between power, crime and social change? Are you interested in learning about the whole spectrum of crime, from antisocial behaviour and corporate crime to genocide? Our dynamic criminology degree could be for you.

Criminology BA (Hons)

UCAS code: M900

There’s never been a better and more exciting time to study criminology- the UK has a skills shortage of social scientists with critical understanding of social harm and social justice issues. You will be guided by staff whose research and policy expertise provides critical perspectives on fascinating wide-ranging criminological issues. Our criminology programme ensures that you develop the knowledge and skills you need to make a positive contribution to society in the graduate career of your choice.

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This course is currently under review as part of our ongoing enhancement process. Course details may change as a result.

Overview

Course length:

3 years full-time

Start dates:

September 2027

Location:

Edge Hill University

Example offers:

BBC-BBB (A Level) or DMM (BTEC)112-120 UCAS Tariff points View full entry criteria

Subject(s):

Faculty:

Arts and Sciences

Department:

Law and Criminal Justice

What are the role and functions of the criminal justice system in contemporary societies? How do factors such as ethnicity, gender or class impact on the way in which it works for individuals and communities? Are the harms caused by corporations or governments ever seen as ‘crimes’? Join us to explore real-world questions from both theoretical and practical perspectives.

Our criminology degree shines a light on policing, punishment and the courts but goes much further. You’ll explore the full spectrum of crime, from antisocial behaviour, domestic violence and abuse to corporate crime, genocide and state crime while gaining the opportunity to challenge authority and develop ‘critical empathy’ for those that are marginalised.

We’ve been teaching criminology since 1987, making us one of the UK’s most experienced universities in the subject. Our research has shaped debates on issues like Hillsborough, crime and music, criminology and popular fiction, and pharmaceutical harms. As we approach our 40th anniversary in 2027, our teaching and research continue to break new ground.

You’ll learn from criminology experts with decades of teaching experience, many of whom also bring insights from professional backgrounds in policing, prisons, and children’s rights. Our research-led teaching brings their specialisms directly into the classroom, creating a vibrant, engaging, and contemporary curriculum that challenges you to think critically about crime, power and social justice.

We’re also dedicated to helping you shape your own learning journey. As you progress through the course, you can tailor your studies to match your interests and career ambitions. You’ll also have the chance to select innovative modules, including those that explore the fascinating link between crime and music.

By the time you graduate, you’ll be well-equipped to challenge dominant narratives, advocate for meaningful change and make a real impact in your chosen career.

Course features

International students can apply

Sandwich year option available

Studying abroad option available

Work placement opportunity

I chose Edge Hill University because of the amazing facilities that it has to offer. The campus is self-contained, so I didn’t have to travel through busy cities to fulfil my learning.

Niall Johnson

BA (Hons) Criminology

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What you'll study

Teaching and assessment

In the first year of your criminology degree, we’ll introduce you to key criminological thinkers and the criminal justice system. This includes developing your professional skills and understanding how different agencies work together across criminal justice contexts. We’ll help you to explore topics such as language, criminology in the modern world, addictions and offending, or cyber security fundamentals and ethics, while developing your all-important critical thinking skills, which will set you on the right path for your next two years of study.

Compulsory modules:

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Key Criminological Thinkers

Key Criminological Thinkers will introduce you to the theoretical perspectives that explain the causes of of crime, social harm, and deviance through the work of key criminological thinkers. These theoretical perspectives will be applied to contemporary issues in crime, social harm, and deviance in order to evaluate power and potential for harm reduction, in practice. In particular, the module will emphasise the political underpinnings of the critical criminological tradition and encourage you to recognise the impact of power relations in and on the control, reduction, and prevention of crime, social harm, and deviance.

Module code: CRI1142

Credits: 20 Assessment:

100% Exam

Multi-agency Work in Criminal Justice

Multi-agency Work in Criminal Justice is designed to enhance your learning about the core agencies of the criminal justice system, their role and function, and how they interact with each other to prevent and reduce crime, assess risk, and safeguard and protect (potential) victims of crime. The key bodies and their roles will be examined, and the processes by which they share information and work together to achieve goals will be explored. Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conferences (MARACs), Multi-Agency Public Protection Assessments (MAPPAs), and Crime/Violence Reduction Units - will be evaluated and critiqued. The module will also provide a historical account of how multi-agency practice in criminal justice has evolved over time, and how these processes have been influenced by learning from key ‘turning point’ cases.

Module code: LAC1001

50% Coursework

50% Practical

Professional Skills

Professional Skills provides you with structured opportunities to develop essential academic, graduate attribute, and early professional skills. You will explore your individual learning styles, engage in supported skill-building activities, and apply these to academic and professional tasks. Through guided practice, and authentic tasks informed by employer partnership insights, you will gain confidence and competence in academic communication, research, professional behaviour and reflective practice.

Module code: LAC1005

100% Coursework

Criminal Justice

Criminal Justice introduces you to the criminal justice system. You will consider the function of the criminal justice system and the police role within it, as well as examining various pieces of associated legislation. You will focus on victims, the victims commissioner, codes of practice, and the role of the family liaison officer. You will also explore the custody process, in particular the detention, custody, charging, disclosure and escorting of detainees. Sentencing, out-of-court disposals and restorative justice will all be considered, while the role of key players such as the Crown Prosecution Service and Youth Offending Service will also be examined.

Module code: PLN1003

50 % Coursework

Criminology and the Modern World

Criminology and the Modern World presents you with a number of case studies on substantive topics of current interest and importance. You will undertake a systematic examination of some of the major changes that are occurring and their implications for British society and other societies across the world. Phenomena such as the economic crisis, the environmental crisis, the increasing religiosity of politics and problems in the developing world will be considered in order to foster an understanding of contemporary society and some of the key issues it faces. Aspects of social and criminal justice, harms and rights, and the role that the media plays in shaping social perceptions will be subject to analysis.

Module code: CRI1005

Cyber Security Fundamentals and Ethics

Cyber Security Fundamentals and Ethics provides an introduction to the principles of cyber security. Focus is particularly on how to prevent cyber attacks, and the protection, confidentiality and integrity of information across both human and technology dimensions. The module tackles cyber security as a multidisciplinary issue and introduces important cyber hygiene concepts needed to remain safe in the digital world. Cyber security is covered from both a theory-based and applied understanding of how to reduce the likelihood of harm caused by cyber crime.

Module code: LAC1000

Addictions and Offending

Addictions and Offending explores the key policy, practice and societal drivers which currently direct responses to addictions and offending. The Government strategy, 'Reducing Demand, Restricting Supply, Building Recovery' (Ministry of Justice, 2010), recognises the impact that addictions such as drug and alcohol dependence have on societal harm and crime. The strategy sets out to tackle dependence on all drugs including prescription and over the counter medicines, as well as severe alcohol dependence. The relationship between addiction, punishment, rehabilitation, the individual and the State will be a key focus of the module. Drawing on the patterns and themes inherent in criminological, psychological and sociological representations of crime, punishment, rehabilitation and addiction, you will discover how alternatives to custody, which promote punishment and pay back, as well as treatment and rehabilitation, are key strands of contemporary policy. Employment and health are also key, however the challenges are immense, particularly when considered against a backdrop of financial austerity in public services.

Module code: LAC1003

Language 1

Language 1 is ideal if you want to learn a new language, or further develop your current language skills, as an integrated part of this degree. The module will be taught in an interactive, communicative manner, using authentic materials in the target language. Emphasis will be placed on all four areas of reading, writing, speaking and listening. You will play an active role in the classes, engaging in role-plays, short conversations, videos, authentic texts and listening materials. You will also be encouraged to reflect on your own learning needs. The module accommodates varying language levels and you will be divided into groups accordingly. On enrolment to the module, you will complete a language induction form and be placed into a language level group appropriate for your prior knowledge of the language. Please note, while we will endeavour to accommodate varying language levels per module, this is not always possible. While you can join the module with some prior experience of your target language, you will not be able to study a language you are already fluent or proficient in.

Module code: TLC1010

85% Coursework

15% Practical

Take a closer look at the wider social, historical, political and theoretical context of the laws relating to crime, including how serious harms are – or are not – criminalised. In your second year, you’ll be able to apply critical theory to contemporary debates around criminal and social justice and debate its relevance to issues such as climate change. Optional modules cover diverse subjects including how ideas about ‘race’ and ethnicity help shape and determine societal responses to perpetrators and victims of crime; how violence – including political violence – presents as a spectrum, and how media shape our understanding of what ‘crime’ is. Finally, we will help you to gain skills for undertaking your independent research in preparation for Year 3 dissertation.

Becoming a Social Researcher

Becoming a Social Researcher provides you with an important grounding in social research methods. The module gives you an overview of the fundamental aspects of social research including philosophical approaches to knowledge production, literature searching, sampling and ethics. It addresses both quantitative and qualitative approaches. You will have the opportunity to choose a topic and design, conduct and report on a piece of your own research. This will involve the use of a range of different methods including interviews and questionnaires and you will be supported in this process through the module’s seminar programme.

Module code: SPY2150

Five of:

Crime, Media and Criminology

Crime, Media and Criminology investigates how the news media plays a primary role in the construction of social problems, crime, deviance and, to an extent, reality. The relationship between crime, media and criminology is long established, so this module critically explores the representation of ‘crime’ and criminal activity within various types of media forms incorporating traditional print, online news domains and social media forums. Developing a critical theoretical framework, the module will enable you to examine the criminological and wider societal significance of the production and reproduction of dominant images and discourses around ‘crime’, criminalisation and the construction of victims, perpetrators and events.

Module code: CRI2024

Generating Reputations

Generating Reputations highlights and explores the production of identities, reputations and stereotypes and the impact these have on particular social groups. A key focal point of the module will be the role of the media in shaping reputations and perceptions. You will consider ways in which determining contexts can influence societal perceptions of individuals and groups, as well as the impact of stereotypes, reputations and ‘common sense’ thinking on criminal justice policies and responses.

Module code: CRI2223

Violence and Society

Violence and Society explores the concept of violence and the various forms it can take, ranging from intrapersonal violence (for example, self-harm) to interpersonal violence, institutional and state violence, and violence on a global scale. You will be encouraged to look beyond established understandings of what constitutes a violent act to explore more abstract forms of violence such as harm, denial of rights, and poverty. Criminological theory will form the basis of considerations of aspects of violence. The structural relations of class (production), ‘family origins’ (neo-colonialism) and gender/sexuality (reproduction) will be highlighted as the determining contexts in which such violence occurs and is legitimated. Power, dominance, legitimacy and hegemony will be the key themes of the module.

Module code: CRI2224

Gendered Violence, Crime and Justice

Gendered Violence, Crime and Justice is designed to provide you with knowledge and understanding of gendered violence and abuse in its various forms. Specifically, the module will focus on the relationships between gender, violence, crime and justice and the structural, ideological and institutional underpinnings of these. You will be encouraged to look beyond established understandings of what constitutes gendered violence and abuse to explore its different forms such as harm, denial of rights, justice, and poverty. Critical criminological and zemiological theories will be used to consider aspects of gendered violence and abuse, and the relationship of this with determining contexts such as age, disability, class, gender, sexuality and ‘race’ in which such violence and abuse occurs and is legitimated. Power, dominance, harm, justice, legitimacy, hegemony and ideology will be key themes of the module.

Module code: CRI2230

Crime and Music

Crime and Music considers the connection between crime and music. Rather than just being a form of entertainment, music can reflect more important messages about problematic social arrangements and practices. The module will facilitate your evaluation of criminal justice agency practices and developments in terms of changing values and relationships between individuals, groups, and public and private agencies in different locations, using musicians, music genres, and the music industry. The continued social injustices that can occur through the use, abuse, and suppression of music have great importance to criminologists who are interested in how state and corporate power can be use against the most powerless in society. Discrimination of various types, whether that is racism or homophobia are frequently experienced by musicians and their fans, and this module will use relevant theoretical perspectives to analyse power differentials. It will also examine cultural meanings of crime, harm, deviance and stigmatised differences, including, but not restricted to, racism, sexism, and age.

Module code: CRI2231

Crime, Harms, Law and Justice

Crime, Harms, Law and Justice explores the application and effect of the criminal law upon individuals in society from criminological, zemiological and complementary critical legal perspectives. Through utilising both these perspectives, you will be encouraged to look beyond established traditional legal explanations for crime and legal responses to it, to explore the wider social, historical, political and theoretical context of the laws relating to crime. The module will enhance your understandings of how determining contexts impact upon how laws relating to crime are created, developed and enforced.

Module code: CRI2232

Victims, theories, debates and practices

Victims: Theories, Debates and Practices has been designed to develop a critical understanding of victimisation in a variety of contexts: from personal experiences of victimisation through crime, through to victimisation through corporate harm and/or state actions which may or may not be criminalised by law. The module aims to develop your appreciation of victimology as a distinctive academic discipline, and its contribution to national and international victim support initiatives. By focusing on relevant socio-economic and socio-political contexts, the modules aims to stimulate critical engagement with the concepts of victimhood and victimisation. It also encourages critical analysis of the victimisation experiences of individuals, groups and communities in a globalised world.

Module code: CRI2233

Community Punishment

Community Punishments is designed to equip you with knowledge and understanding of the role, function and historical development of community-based punishments within England and Wales. It will consider the main philosophical theories that have been used to justify and legitimise these modes of state punishment, notably through the concepts of ‘just desserts and ‘deterrence’. The module also examines how community punishments are experienced in relation to age, ‘race’, gender and class.

Module code: CRI2234

Doing Social Research

Doing Social Research follows on from the module SPY2150 (Becoming a Social Researcher) and provides you with a more in-depth experience of the theory and practice of social research methodology. You'll be required to undertake a small scale research project, choosing to focus on either qualitative or quantitative methods. You'll build on your existing knowledge and explore a wider range of methodologies and methods, including innovative approaches to social research and an introduction to evaluation. You'll develop your quantitative research skills and learn to enter data into SPSS, performing descriptive statistical analysis. You'll also analyse big data sets and learn a range of simple statistical measures.

Module code: SPY2153

Youth Offending: Critical Perspectives

Youth Offending: Critical Perspectives provides a grounding in issues of youth offending. The module contains an introduction to policies around children, youth and crime and provides a background to current practices around the management of youth offending, in particular the issues of case and risk management. It will explore issues affecting youth offending but will place these in a critical and international context.

Module code: SPY2163

Work-based learning and Employability

Work-based learning and Employability is designed to bridge the world of higher education with the world of work. You will develop a critical understanding of the changing context of work and of social, economic and political factors shaping the labour market and contemporary patterns of employment. There will be an opportunity to apply theory and disciplinary specialist knowledge to practical experience within a work-based setting with students undertaking a 60 hour placement. You will also enhance and develop a range of transferable skills to enhance your employability.

Module code: SPY2154

Self-Directed Study

Self-Directed Study enables you to focus on a particular agreed topic or focus and explore it, with tutorial support, to produce a project-based piece of work which relates to a particular career trajectory. The project will involve addressing a social issue or problem and/or one organisation’s response (voluntary, public or private sector) to a social issue or problem. It will involve not only desk research such as library searches but information retrieval from a range of primary sources. The self-directed learning focus allows for a sense of both leading on the learning taking place and reflecting on its progress, problems and problem-solving.

Module code: SPY2155

Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Entrepreneurship and Innovation explores characteristics, behaviours, attributes, and skills of entrepreneurship as well as the whole process of innovation from idea to product development and the conditions that must be fulfilled for innovation to thrive. The module explores research from a number of areas to highlight the importance of factors such as social and economic capital, local and regional infrastructure and the role of government in enabling (or disabling) innovation. You'll develop your entrepreneurial skills, identifying opportunities and developing ventures. On top of this, you'll consider the risk environment including legal issues, funding issues, start-up and growth strategies. This module provides you with the ability to act entrepreneurially to generate, develop and communicate ideas, manage and exploit intellectual property, gain support, and deliver successful outcomes.

Module code: BUS2229

The final year of your criminology degree gives you the opportunity to choose from a variety of modules and you can shape your study by delving into topics such as the politics of imprisonment, crimes of the powerful, understanding justice, rights and the state, and exploring the concept of the ‘criminological imagination’.

You will also complete a dissertation that allows you to research a topic of your choice in great detail under the supervision of one of your course tutors.

Dissertation

Dissertation provides an opportunity for you to engage in an independent study of a relevant area of social science of your choice, supported by tutorial guidance and supervision to deliver an extended piece of writing.

Module code: SPY3140

Credits: 40 Assessment:

Four of:

The Politics of Imprisonment

The Politics of Imprisonment provides you with a critical knowledge and understanding of the nature, functions and justifications for the use of punishment, specifically incarceration, in modern society. The module will consider the philosophical theories that are used to legitimise the state’s use of imprisonment and the sociological theories that explain historical developments in the purpose of state punishment. The various divisions and functions of the prison estate will be examined within their historical, structural, political, social and geographical contexts. Related methods of state punishment, such as the death penalty, will also be considered. You will adopt an international perspective and explore penal theory and practice in a range of countries. The relationships between power, legitimacy and justice will be central themes throughout the module.

Module code: CRI3110

50% Exam

Justice, Rights and the State

Justice, Rights and the State examines the development of the discourse about rights and justice. Taking a national and international approach, the module will consider the development of rights historically and the new discourses of rights. You will evaluate statutory policies and responses to the issue of rights and justice and consider how states respond to issues of justice and rights, including where states themselves uphold or violate citizen’s rights.

Module code: CRI3112

Expanding the Criminological Imagination

Expanding the Criminological Imagination critically reflects upon and analyses the discipline of criminology. You will examine criminology’s political, practical and theoretical strengths and limitations and explore the production and commodification of criminological knowledge. The module will consider whether criminology has become a ‘parasitic’ discipline with the criminalisation of social problems, and the ever increasing techniques of crime control, forming the justification for the discipline’s existence, rather than providing a platform for resistance. You will explore the concept of the ‘criminological imagination’ as an alternative way of envisaging the discipline and its utility. You will also examine the way in which criminology has to connect with other disciplines in order to expand the range of issues it deals with. This is a necessity in order to help criminologists make sense of issues where the ‘normal’ boundaries of criminology would stifle or limit an analysis.

Module code: CRI3113

60% Practical

40% Coursework

State Crime

State Crime traces and explores serious harms and crimes perpetrated by states and associated professional and commercial interests from the eighteenth to the twenty-first century and provides detailed exploration of the origins, implementation, consequences of, and responses to the extreme state violences of the recent past. The module introduces you to a range of case studies and topics – both historical and contemporary – that are analysed through the framework of state crime. Beginning with a theoretical introduction to this framework, you will learn to integrate your understanding of state-perpetrated atrocity with a critical criminological analysis of the nature of state violence, the objectives and driving forces of state crime, the denial of state crime, and the potential avenues for accountability. It will examine not only state crime but examples of the state-corporation nexus and includes study of groups and individuals’ resistance to state crime.

Module code: CRI3120

Corporate Crime

Corporate Crime offers you the opportunity to critically examine extensive and intensive forms of social harm generated by companies and corporations. It encourages you to critically examine the construction of harms of the powerful as ‘regulatory’ rather than ‘real’ crimes, and examines the failure of current legal / judicial arrangements at national, international and global levels, to address the relative impunity of corporations. The module takes an expansive view of harm, drawing upon examples from within and without the criminal justice system, at local, national and international levels.

Module code: CRI3121

Prison Lives in Literature and Films

Prison Lives in Literature and Films is designed to focus on the lived experience of prison, while also applying selected theoretical concepts to academic analysis of that experience. The module will utilise poems, blogs, biographical accounts (books) and accounts in films based on true experiences (documentaries and feature films) to introduce students to different perspectives on prison lives from the point of view of prisoners, ex-prisoners and prison staff in contemporary and historical contexts.

Module code: CRI3122

Race, Crime and Criminology

Module code: CRI3123

Critical Migration Studies

Critical Migration Studies addresses a hot topic across the Global North and the South. Migration occurs across space influencing and shaping the spatial, demographic, economic, social and political environment of both the origin and destination locations. This module equips you with the factual knowledge and conceptual skills to understand migration processes, migration consequences and migration governance.

Module code: GEO3262

A Century of Crime and Its Contexts: Circa 1840-1940

A Century of Crime and Its Contexts: Circa 1840-1940 examines a range of crimes that occurred in England and Wales over the century between approximately 1840 and 1940. During the chronological period covered, crime became an issue of national importance and perceived as originating partly in major social change and upheaval, such as urbanisation, the First World War and expanded ownership of the motor car. The module places the crimes in their criminal justice, social, cultural and economic contexts. The aim is to use crime and punishment as a lens through which to explore and analyse important changes over time and assess the impact of key events.

Module code: HIS3040

Global Antisemitism and Islamophobia

Global Antisemitism and Islamophobia explores the nature and origins of antisemitism and Islamophobia as a global problem. It speaks to critical questions of race, colonialism, surveillance and terrorism that are central to our world. The module begins with the long history of these two fields of prejudice in Europe, including a particular focus on the relationship between them and their significance in the birth of modern politics. It then traces the contemporary history of our present moment, beginning with the end of the Cold War. Key issues include holocaust memorialisation and the West, Islamophobia and the War on Terror, and the international politics of antisemitism.

Module code: HIS3042

Global and National Activist Movements

Global and National Activist Movements addresses new forms of grassroots protest movements, often linked to equality movements, and inspired with a collective scepticism for modern democracy and connected by the internet and new forms of online communication. You will examine the activist practices of modern political movements, identify the role of communication and technology and evaluate how successful they have been. You will explore whether the role of communication technologies has been overplayed in these debates and whether it is changes in the political structures of nations that are more important.

Module code: POL3015

70% Coursework

30% Practical

Critical Terrorism Studies

Critical Terrorism Studies recognises that in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, and those in London, Madrid, Paris and beyond, terrorism and political violence have become ever more pressing contemporary issues. But, what is ‘terrorism’, what does the term itself actually mean? What causes political violence, how is it represented in modern multi-mediated societies and how does the issue of ‘counter terrorism’ impact on the lives of people today? How has the ‘fear’ of terrorism come to affect our society? These are the sort of questions this module is designed to address. You will be invited to employ and develop your understanding of critical sociological theories, concepts and approaches in order to investigate these matters of great contemporary social importance.

Module code: SPY3143

How you'll study

As well as lectures, tutorials, independent study, seminars and workshop groups, you will have the opportunity to carry out research through fieldwork and a dissertation on your criminology degree. You also have the option to embark upon a work placement to develop your employability skills and enhance your career prospects.

How you'll be assessed

You will be taught by tutors whose research and teaching has a well-established national and international reputation. Our teaching is research-led, which means that it is reflective of the current state of criminological knowledge and linked to contemporary societal issues.

Who will be teaching you

Timetables for your first week are normally available at the end of August prior to enrolment in September. You can expect to receive your timetable for the rest of the academic year during your first week. Please note that while we make every effort to ensure that timetables are as student-friendly as possible, scheduled teaching can take place on any day of the week. Wednesday afternoons are normally reserved for sports and cultural activities.

Where your course includes optional modules, these are to provide an element of choice within the course curriculum. The availability of optional modules may vary from year to year and will be subject to minimum student numbers being achieved. This means that the availability of specific optional modules cannot be guaranteed. Optional module selection may also be affected by timetabling requirements. Some restrictions on optional module choice or combinations of optional modules may apply.

Entry criteria

Typical offer 112-120 UCAS Tariff points. You will also need at least 3 GCSEs at Grade C or Grade 4 or above (or equivalent), including GCSE English.

Example offers

Qualification

Requirement

BBC-BBB.

UCAS Tariff points

112-120 points.

BTEC Extended Diploma (or combination of BTEC QCF qualifications)

Distinction, Merit, Merit (DMM).

Overall grade of Merit.

International Baccalaureate (IB)

We are happy to accept IB qualifications which achieve the required number of UCAS Tariff points.

Access to Higher Education Diploma

45 credits at Level 3, for example 15 credits at Distinction and 30 credits at Merit or 24 credits at Distinction and 21 credits at Merit. The required total can be attained from various credit combinations.

Please note, the above examples may differ from actual offers made. A combination of A Level and BTEC awards may also be accepted.

If you have a minimum of two A Levels (or equivalent), there is no maximum number of qualifications that we will accept UCAS points from. This includes additional qualifications such as Extended Project Qualification (EPQ), AS Levels that haven't been continued to A Level, and General Studies AS or A Level awards.

English language requirements

International students require IELTS 6.0, with a score no lower than 5.5 in each individual component, or an equivalent English language qualification.

Fair Entry Criteria

Our new Fair Entry Criteria is a Contextual Admissions Policy that takes an applicant’s personal and educational background into account. This policy will allow eligible applicants to receive up to a two-grade reduction in their entry requirements for this course. Find out more and see if you qualify.

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How to apply

Apply full-time

Read our guide to applying through UCAS to find out more about the application process.

Apply as an international student

This course is now closed to international applicants for September 2026 entry.

Should you accept an offer of a place to study with us and formally enrol as a student, you will be subject to the provisions of the regulations, rules, codes, conditions and policies which apply to our students. These are available at www.edgehill.ac.uk/studentterms.

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If you join a full time undergraduate degree at Edge Hill University, we will guarantee you the offer of a room in our halls of residence for the first year of your course.

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Facilities

The £6m Law and Psychology building provides contemporary teaching and learning facilities for students in the School of Law and Criminal Justice.

The three-storey building includes a 250-seat lecture theatre, seminar and tutorial rooms, and social learning areas which encourage a more informal and interactive style of learning.

It is also where our moot court room and law clinic are located. Criminology, Law, Policing and Criminal Justice students can train and practice their advocacy skills and cross-examination techniques as well as preparing for giving evidence in court.

Our Police Training and Simulation Facility known as the ‘Crime House’, part of which is furbished as a police station, is used to simulate a wide range of crime scenes, providing students with an immersive learning experience. The ‘Crime House’ includes a mock custody suite, mock living areas, interview rooms, a control room, and a state-of-the-art simulation suite.

This enables Criminology, Policing, Criminal Justice and Law students to work together on practical exercises, developed by our expert staff and based on real-life scenarios, in areas such as gathering and analysing evidence, (including forensic evidence at crime scenes), practicing interview techniques and supporting mock clients during a police interview.

You may have some teaching time in our nearby Geosciences building. The Geosciences building features a large lecture theatre, small group teaching rooms, IT facilities and smaller tutorial spaces. There is also a large social area which encourages a more informal and interactive style of learning.

Where you'll study

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Tuition fees

UK Full-Time

For the academic year 2027/28, the UK Full-Time tuition fee is currently set to £10,050. Please note this is subject to Parliamentary approval and is likely to be increased in line with inflation (RPIX). There may be further inflationary increases in your subsequent years of study. Further details can be found at ehu.ac.uk/fees.

EU/EEA and Swiss students who have settled or pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme, as well as Irish nationals, may be eligible for the UK tuition fee rate.

Financial support

Subject to eligibility, UK students joining this course can apply for a Tuition Fee Loan from the Government to cover the full cost of tuition fees. UK students enrolling on the course may also be eligible to apply for additional funding to help with living costs.

Scholarships

We offer a range of scholarships, which celebrate the determination, commitment and achievement of our students. Many of our scholarships are awarded automatically. There are some however, where you will need to be involved in an application or nomination process. To find out more about our scholarships and check your eligibility, please visit our dedicated scholarships pages.

Money Matters

Please view the relevant Money Matters guide for comprehensive information about the financial support available to eligible UK students.

EU/EEA and Swiss students who have settled or pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme may be eligible to apply for financial support. Irish nationals can ordinarily apply to Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI).

If you are an EU student who does not have settled or pre-settled status, or are an international student from a non-EU country, please see our international student finance pages.

For the academic year 2026/27 the UK Full-Time tuition fee is currently set to £9,790. Please note this is subject to Parliamentary approval and is likely to be increased in line with inflation (RPIX). There may be further inflationary increases in your subsequent years of study. Further details can be found at ehu.ac.uk/fees.

Your future career

Whether you are planning a career in the criminal justice system, policing or another field of expertise, our BA (Hons) Criminology programme will develop your transferable skills and inspire you to reach your career goals.

Recent Edge Hill Criminology, Criminal Justice and Policing students have gone on to have a wide variety of successful careers including: police officers in Forces across England and Wales; positions with the British Transport Police and the Civil Nuclear Constabulary; Analysts in Global Law Firms; Policing and Law Enforcement Analysts; roles in Public Protection and Child and Youth Services and criminal and youth justice charities; for HM Prisons and Probation Service; and graduate training schemes.

As a School, we are committed to enhancing your employability and helping you to find the right career path for you. Professional development opportunities are embedded into your programme or offered through extra-curricular activities, such as:

Practice-focused modules – develop your practical skills through our practice focused modules (such as probation studies) and state-of-the art Police Training and Simulation Facility (‘Crime House’), learning how to conduct interviews and investigate crime scenes.

Work placement opportunities – whether taken as part of our work placement modules or as an extra-curricular activity, there are numerous opportunities to undertake work experience.

Careers fairs, alumni panels, site visits – benefit from our extensive networks with the Probation Service, Home Office and Police Forces in England and Wales, grow your network and build connections with our Career ‘Accelerator Programme’, specialist School Careers Fair and Alumni Panel events.

Course changes

Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this information, however our courses are subject to ongoing review and development. Changing circumstances may necessitate alteration to, or the cancellation of, courses.

Changes may be necessary to comply with the requirements of professional bodies, revisions to subject benchmarks statements, to keep courses updated and contemporary, or as a result of student feedback. We reserve the right to make variations if we consider such action to be necessary or in the best interests of students.

Track changes to this course

Module changes - 1 September 2026

Year 1 changes

CRI1005 Criminology and the Modern World moved to Optional

CRI1125 Introduction to Criminal Justice Process removed. PLN1003 Criminal Justice added.

SPY1123 Power in Society, CRI1143 Histories of Crime, Policing and Punishment, and CRI1140 Why

We Need Critical Criminology removed.

LAC1005 Professional Skills, LAC1001 Multi Agency Work in Criminal Justice, LAC1003 Addictions and

Offending, LAC1001 Cyber Security Fundamentals and Ethics added.

Module changes - 12 May 2026

CRI3123 added as optional.

POL3007 removed.

POL3015 added as optional.

SPY2163 readded following clarification.

Module changes - 28 November 2025

POL3007-A is for Activism removed.

POL3015 Global and National Activist Movements added.

SPY2163-Youth Offending: Critical Perspectives removed.

Entry Requirements - 28 July 2025

Entry requirements updated to ‘Typical offer 112-120 UCAS Tariff points. You will also need at least 3 GCSEs at Grade C or Grade 4 or above (or equivalent), including GCSE English’.

Module assessment changes - 28 July 2025

Assessment for A is for Activism updated from 70% coursework and 30% practical to 100% coursework.

Assessment for Corporate Crime updated from 100% coursework to 100% exam.

Module changes - 28 July 2025

As part of revalidation:

CRI1017 Critical Thinking and Analysis, CRI1124 Introduction to Criminological Theory, CRI1016 Power, Knowledge and Crime removed.

CRI1142 Key Criminological Thinkers and CRI1140 Why we need Critical Criminology added.

CRI2225 Critical Criminological Theory, CRI2222 Doing Criminological Research, CRI2027 Crime, Law and Society, CRI2025 Gender, Sex and Violence, CRI2023 ‘Race’, Crime and Criminology, CRI2026 Work Experience Module, CRI2028 Youth Justice removed.

SPY2150 Becoming a Social Researcher, CRI2230 Gendered Violence, Crime and Justice, CRI2231 Crime and Music, CRI2232 Crime, Harms, Law and Justice, CRI2233 Victims, Theories, Debates and Practices, CRI2234 Community Punishments added.

CRI3020 Dissertation, CRI3023 Crime and Place, CRI3021 Crimes of the Powerful 1, CRI3022 Crimes of the Powerful 2, CRI3024 Criminology and Philosophy, CRI3110 The Politics of Imprisonment, CRI3109 The Politics of Policing removed.

CRI3120 State Crime, CRI3121 Corporate Crime, CRI3122 Prison Lives in Literature and Films, GEO3262 Critical Migration Studies,HIS3040 A Century of Crime and Its Contexts: 1840-1940 added.

Study mode - 28 July 2025

Part-time route removed for 2025/26 and 2026/27 entry, as part of revalidation.

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