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SP32037: Criminology dissertation

[Page last updated: 23 May 2025]

Academic Year: 2025/26
Owning Department/School: Department of Social & Policy Sciences
Credits: 20 [equivalent to 40 CATS credits]
Notional Study Hours: 400
Level: Honours (FHEQ level 6)
Period:
Academic Year
Assessment Summary: CWDI 90%, CWRI 10%
Assessment Detail:
  • 1,000 word synopsis (CWRI 10%)
  • 10,000 word dissertation (CWDI 90%)
Supplementary Assessment:
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Requisites:
Learning Outcomes: On successful completion of this unit students will be able to:
  • Identify a relevant criminological research topic and design a project that meets the study芒锟斤拷s research aims
  • Select appropriate methods, conceptual/theoretical framework, and analytical tools to undertake the project
  • Analyse, synthesise, and critically evaluate relevant sources of evidence, knowledge, and/or understanding
  • Produce a dissertation in an appropriate academic style, systematically and coherently organised



Synopsis: Design and undertake your own criminological project, culminating in a coherent, long-form piece of writing. This project requires you to draw upon the skills and knowledge that contribute to understanding within criminology and/or criminal justice. Supported by an academic supervisor, you will independently identify a research question, select appropriate research design, methods, and analytical approach, and gather and critically evaluate relevant material.

Content: The core aim of the dissertation is for students to design and undertake their own criminological project, culminating in a coherent, long-form piece of writing comprised of a set of interrelated components. This capstone project requires students to draw upon the skills and knowledge acquired during their first and second years of study that contributes to understanding within criminology and/or criminal justice. Supported by an academic supervisor, students will independently identify a relevant research question, select an appropriate research design, methods, and analytical approach to tackle that question, and marshal and critically evaluate relevant material (theoretical, conceptual, and/or empirical).

Course availability:

SP32037 is Compulsory on the following courses:

Department of Social & Policy Sciences

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