WJEC Level 3 Criminology Diploma

Course summary

Criminology is the study of crime and criminals. This applied qualification will give you the opportunity to study different types of crime, why people commit crime, how the criminal justice sector works, and how policies can be implemented to try and reduce crime. Course Content: Year 12 (Certificate) Unit 1: Changing Awareness of Crime Students develop an understanding of different types of crime, influences on perceptions of crime, and why some crimes are unreported. Students create their own campaign for change to raise awareness of unreported crimes. Unit 2: Criminological Theories Students gain an understanding of why people commit crime and how criminological theories impact policy making and the criminal justice system. Year 13 (Diploma) Unit 3: Crime Scene to Courtroom Students acquire an understanding of the criminal justice system and the various organisations within it. Students learn about the legal process when investigating a crime (from crime scene to court room). Unit 4: Crime and Punishment (synoptic) Students acquire an understanding of agencies of social control within the criminal justice system, as well as models of punishment in England and Wales and how effective they are.