Criminology is the interdisciplinary study of crime, deviance, social control and the legal system. This major combines knowledge from criminology, policing, sociology, law and social policy to give you access to knowledge and information about contemporary criminological theory. Contemporary criminologists investigate a broad range of topics including justice, conflict, deviance, security, policing, drugs and violence. Key concerns include the nature of crime, how crime is defined, why crimes are committed and how society responds to criminal behaviour. You will learn about: how to apply social scientific models of criminology to issues of crime, policing, social control and law the operation of legal, policing and policy making institutions the historical, contemporary and future developments in criminological understanding

Key Features

• Learn to critically appraise criminological, legal and sociological knowledge and evaluate sources of evidence
• Develop a multidisciplinary understanding of the criminological and social worlds
• Learn from staff with expertise in policing, social policy, social control, and criminal law
• We use case-studies in our teaching that allows students to practise the application of theory to real world situations

• advocate and support officer
• corrective services officer
• court administrator
• criminal justice and corrections consultant
• criminologist
• cyber safety specialist
• intelligence and security specialist
• investigator
• lawyer
• local government officer
• policy adviser and researcher
• probation and parole officer
• state or federal police officer
• witness protection program worker