Year 3 Student Information

In year three our students can select a range of modules from Criminology to meet the credit requirements for their selected route. There are currently 3 routes in to studying Criminology at Keele. Talk to your personal tutor about your options:

For Major routes and the Single Honours Route a Criminology Dissertation (30 credits) is compulsory.

Criminology Modules 2013/14

Semester 1

  • CRI-30008 Corporate Crime
  • CRI-30035 Crime, Crime Control and Democracy in Post-Apartheid South Africa
  • CRI-30042 Gender, History and Punishment
  • CRI-30045 Popular Culture and Crime
  • CRI-30046 Dissertation for Criminology ISP (over two semesters 30 credits)
  • CRI-30050 Criminology Work Placement (over two semesters 30 credits)

Semester 2

  • CRI-30040 Risk and Criminal Justice
  • CRI-30041 The Politics and Cultures of the Death Penalty in the 21st Century
  • CRI-30043 Power, Process and Victimisation
  • CRI-30044 Prisons and Imprisonment
  • CRI-30048 Living with Aliens: Immigration, Crime and Social Control
  • CRI-30046 Dissertation for Criminology ISP (over two semesters 30 credits)
  • CRI-30050 Criminology Work Placement (over two semesters 30 credits)
  • PSY-30100 Domestic Violence

‌Additional Criminology Approved Elective Modules for Single Honours students

  • SOC-30025 Streets, Skyscrapers, and Slums: The City in Social, Cultural, and Historical Context
  • ‌SOC-30031 The Virtual Revolutions: New Technologies, Culture and Society
  • SOC-30034 Sex, Death, Desire: Psychoanalysis in Social Context

Important Information

Attendance at Criminology tutorials / seminars is compulsory and it is your responsibility to contact the School Office (Criminology Programme) if you are unable to attend.  You may be asked to produce a medical note in case of sickness.  If your attendance is unsatisfactory,  formal disciplinary procedures may be initiated.  Your attendance record is held in your student file and is used when providing references for future employers.