| | Criminology and Social Policy (BA) | | |
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| School | Queen's University Belfast | | |
| Location | Belfast, NI, United Kingdom | | |
| School Type | University | | |
| School Size | Full-time Undergraduate: 19,000
Full-time Graduate: 5,000 | | |
| Degree | Bachelor | | |
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| Length | 3 Year(s) | | |
| Entry Grade (%)* | 75% | | |
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| Prerequisites Notes | The minimum requirement is usually 75 - 80% overall, although some programmes do require higher grades and may specify exact grade requirements in relevant subjects. | | |
| Cost |
Cost per year has been converted from British Pounds to Canadian Dollars. The actual cost may vary due to exchange rate. | | |
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| Description | Criminology focuses on the causes and consequences of crime, as well as how the criminal justice system responds to crime. Criminologists are interested in how activities come to be defined as criminal, and why definitions of crime vary across countries and over time. The subject includes a wide range of social and psychological theories that attempt to explain criminal behaviour and the effective operation of the criminal justice system.
Social Policy students learn how to tackle major policy problems. They do this by applying core concepts from social science to intractable social problems such as gender inequality, eldercare, children's rights and climate change. There is strong crossover between criminology and social policy as many of the people who end up within the criminal justice system have experienced poverty, inequality or discrimination. As an applied and critical social science, you will gain knowledge and understanding of contemporary government policies, their impacts, and consider how we can achieve improvements. | | |
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