Criminology

Exam Board: WJEC

Year 1

Unit 1 – Changing Awareness of Crime (internal)

• Understand how crime reporting affects the public perception of criminality
• Understand how campaigns are used to elicit change
• Plan campaigns for change relating to crime

Unit 2 – Criminological Theories (external)

• Understand social constructions of criminality
• Know theories of criminality
• Understand causes of Criminality
• Understand causes of policy change

Year 2

Unit 3 – Crime Scene to Court Room (internal)

• Understand the process of Criminal Investigations
• Understand the process for prosecution of suspects
• Be able to review criminal cases

Unit 4 – Crime and Punishment (external)

• Understand the criminal justice system in England and Wales
• Understand the role of punishment in a criminal justice system
• Understand measures used in social control

Assessment

50% internal assessment

50% external assessment

Requirements

General Sixth Form admission requirements.

Where can it lead?

This can lead to a undergraduate degree in:

• BSc Criminology
• BA Criminology
• BA Criminology and Criminal Justice
• BSc (Hons) Criminology and Psychology
• LLB (Hons) Law with Criminology
• BA (Hons) Criminology and Sociology
• BA (Hons) Criminology
• BSc (Hons) Psychology and Sociology
• BSc Criminology with Law

Alternatively, the qualification allows learners to gain the required understanding and skills to be able to consider employment within some aspects of the criminal justice system, (e.g. the National Probation Service, the Courts and Tribunals Service or the National Offender Management Service).