BA (Hons) Criminology and Criminal Justice and Law with Foundation Year

The module has been designed to maximise student engagement, understanding of the law and promote skills and employability. Students will acquire knowledge in the area of Law of Tort and develop practical and employability skills through face-to-face teaching, online activities and collaboration with peers. The learning and teaching approach of the module will give the opportunity for students: • To consolidate information taught and test immediate knowledge retention. • To gain a deeper understanding of legal issues through critical analysis and application of content. • To develop and reflect on the acquisition of legal and employability skills The module may provide students with the opportunity to be awarded digital badges for different skills and employability activities. Badges may be awarded for the completion of tasks and/or for completion of a self-directed series of activities. Once the tasks have been competed students will be awarded a digital badge that can be shared on portfolio websites such as LinkedIn. Students will be able to share the badges with prospective employers by adding them to a C.V.

This extended induction module supports your transition into university, introducing you to your chosen discipline. You build confidence, develop your academic identity, and understand the expectations of university study. Through the theme GLOCAL you explore how global trends and events unfold in the West Midlands and make links across subject areas. You practice independent learning, digital literacy, and ethical academic conduct in line with university policy as well as reflecting on inclusive practice. The module is structured around themes identified by students as essential to their university experience: Ready to Study: Clear guidance on expectations, transitions, and workload planning. Academic Skills and Educational Gain: Development of time management, critical thinking, and digital fluency. Career Readiness and Professional Identity: Early exploration of career pathways, CV building, and professional behaviours. Personal Development and Belonging: Activities that foster confidence, inclusion, and identity within the university community. Social Engagement and Community Building: Opportunities to connect with peers, staff, and wider university life. Feedback and Reflective Practice: Structured opportunities to receive, apply, and reflect on feedback to support growth. Wellbeing and Student Support: Embedded access to holistic support services and strategies for success. This lays the foundation for the Level 5 Professional Development / placement experiences.

This module will introduce you step by step to the Criminal Justice System in England and Wales, from the point of arrest through to sentencing. We start with the role of the police, and then progress through to legal representation and bail, the Crown Prosecution Service, through to the Magistrates and Crown Courts, and sentencing. As part of that, this module also introduces you to those who work within the CJS, and what it might be like to do this yourself. We will be meeting and talking to people who work or have worked within the CJS, and encouraging you to think about your future career throughout, directing you to volunteering opportunities and the careers service. We also offer a field trip to Wolverhampton Combined Court (please see under 'Announcements here on Canvas'), where you can receive a guided tour, ask questions, and often are able to watch a live case.

This module will introduce students to the general principles of criminal law. It will include the study of several substantive criminal offences, highlighting the requirements of each crime according to the offence definition. The module will also consider the existence of defences to crime and when they may apply. Students will be taught how to apply the law to problem scenarios. The role of the criminal justice system in dealing with the accused is also considered.

Framing the Criminological World offers a critical exploration of explanations and understandings of crime through a criminological lens. The module provides students with an understanding of criminology as a theoretical and applied discipline. Therefore, the module analyses criminological theories of crime and deviance and explores the application of theories in real-life cases. The module focuses on a variety of forms of theory, from Labelling and Reintegrative Shaming Theory to Conflict Theory. The spatial and temporal dynamics of the criminological theory are examined with reference to debates on the carnival of crime and political agendas. Collectively, the sessions enable students to develop comprehensive knowledge and theoretical understanding of criminology as an applied discipline. Finally, it will explore criminological theory as a distinct criminological topic, whilst examining its relationship with social science broadly.

The module has been designed to maximise student engagement and promote students’ employability skills. Students will acquire knowledge in the area professional and practical through face-to-face teaching, online activities and completion of a practical activity. The learning and teaching approach of the module will give the opportunity for students: • To consolidate information taught and test immediate knowledge retention. • To develop and reflect on the acquisition of legal and employability skills The module may provide students with the opportunity to be awarded digital badges for different skills and employability activities. Badges may be awarded for the completion of tasks and/or for completion of a self-directed series of activities. Once the tasks have been competed students will be awarded a digital badge that can be shared on portfolio websites such as LinkedIn. Students will be able to share the badges with prospective employers by adding them to a C.V.

This module is designed to maximise student engagement, enhance legal research skills, and promote employability. Students can choose to complete a written research project or a practical law volunteering project providing legal advice, or any other approved placement involving legal practice. The supervised law research project and the volunteering project will both foster digital literacy and academic writing skills. The volunteering project will require a minimum period of engagement, interviewing clients, researching client issues and producing written advice to the client. Both the research project and the volunteering project will include a reflection. The module will provide students with a structured framework for developing research methodologies necessary to advise a client on practical legal issues and carry out academic legal research, develop the ability to critical analyse, and enhance professional writing techniques. The learning and teaching approach of the module will give the opportunity for students: To learn advanced research methodologies and techniques, to understand digital literacy skills for academic and professional contexts, consolidate knowledge of academic writing and critical analysis, develop project management and independent study skills. Students may be awarded digital badges for completing research tasks, which can be showcased on professional platforms like LinkedIn to enhance career prospects.

The module has been designed to maximise student engagement, understanding of the law and promote skills and employability. Students will develop practical and employability skills through face-to-face teaching, online activities and collaboration with peers. The learning and teaching approach of the module will give the opportunity for students: To consolidate information taught and test immediate knowledge retention. To gain a deeper understanding of legal issues through critical analysis and application of content. To develop and reflect on the acquisition of legal and employability skills The module will provide an overview of general employment law matters in the context of the employer employee relationship from recruitment to dismissal. It will introduce the key themes Employers need to be aware of in order to comply with their obligations and act within the law. It will explore current issues from time to time for example dealing with underperformance, absenteeism and related contractual matters within the legal framework. Major topics for example dismissal and discrimination and rights within the workplace will also be covered.

The module has been designed to maximise student engagement, understanding of the law and promote skills and employability. Students will acquire knowledge in the area of Medical Law and Ethics and develop practical and employability skills through face-to-face teaching, online activities and collaboration with peers. The learning and teaching approach of the module will give the opportunity for students: • To consolidate information taught and test immediate knowledge retention. • To gain a deeper understanding of legal issues through critical analysis and application of content. • To develop and reflect on the acquisition of legal and employability skills The module may provide students with the opportunity to be awarded digital badges for different skills and employability activities. Badges may be awarded for the completion of tasks and/or for completion of a self-directed series of activities. Once the tasks have been competed students will be awarded a digital badge that can be shared on portfolio websites such as LinkedIn. Students will be able to share the badges with prospective employers by adding them to a C.V.

The module has been designed to maximise student engagement, understanding of the law and promote skills and employability. Students will acquire knowledge in a variety of many overlapping disciplines in the areas of International Migration, Modern Slavery including Human Trafficking, UK Immigration Law, International Refugee Law and UK Asylum Law and develop practical and employability skills through face-to-face teaching, online activities and collaboration with peers. The learning and teaching approach of the module will give the opportunity for students: • To consolidate information taught and test immediate knowledge retention. • To gain a deeper understanding of legal issues through critical analysis and application of content. • To develop and reflect on the acquisition of legal and employability skills

This module focuses on theoretical perspectives, practices, and the foundations of offender rehabilitation, desistance, and the process of change. It explores the precepts of rehabilitation of offenders, what works in offender management, and how the relevant theories and interventions inform these practices and the practitioners. The module appreciates that multi-agency working remains vital to the above processes and as such the enablers, barriers, and challenges around multi-agency work in rehabilitation are examined. It further incorporates consideration of the elements of diversity, inclusion, and discrimination in the rehabilitation context and how these affect the prospects of community reintegration The module also aims to integrate examination of the place and role of probation in the process of change due to its direct association with rehabilitation and desistance.

The module will allow you to gain an in-depth critical understanding of the way in which the youth justice system has developed. You will explore societal reactions to and perceptions of children and young people who commit crime. The types of crimes that young people commit will be considered, alongside a critical look at why young people become involved with the youth justice system. You will evaluate the best ways to prevent and address youth offending. There will be a wider consideration of the contexts within which youth crime occurs, and how victimisation, vulnerability and offending behaviour are often complex and overlapping.