Explore pressing crime and social issues and prepare careers including policing, probation, youth offending and government by studying for our Criminology and Sociology degree in Cambridge

• Study on a well-regarded course – our Sociology courses ranked 18th in the UK in the Guardian University Guide 2024.
• Prepare for your career from the first semester: build a portfolio and CV, attend volunteer and employment fairs, attend our annual Criminology conference, and hear from key figures in criminal justice.
• Get hands-on with the latest case studies and research, interactive sessions, and opportunities for field trips.
• Receive support from staff with real-world experience: a significant part of your teaching in some modules will be delivered by policing and criminal justice practitioners such as former and active crime scene investigators.
• Take advantage of our links to local and national organisations, including regional police forces, which give you the chance to gain relevant work experience and engage with professionals from the criminal justice sector.
• Attend events organised by our International Policing and Public Protection Research Institute (IPPPRI), including conferences, workshops, study trips and research projects.
• Join a university at the forefront of investigating and initiating cultural change in uniformed services: our record £11million research grant from Research England is allowing us to extend our links with organisations within the sector.

On this degree you will explore the most recent ideas, issues and debates in Criminology and Sociology such as the media, its moral panics and promotion of fear; sex, violence and the profiling of such offenders; deviant behaviour; youth offending; war and terror and genocide, giving you a specialist perspective on crime and society.

You can tailor your BA (Hons) Criminology and Sociology degree to your interests and career goals through a wide choice of optional modules. You might choose to focus on issues from corporate crime to human rights, and sexual violence to burglary. Or you might want to explore the link between intoxicants and crime, or religion and crime.

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