Criminology

Study crime and deviance while pursuing practical solutions to the problems of crime.

Criminology focuses on why people commit crime and the social responses to it. As a criminology student at The University of Adelaide, you will consider the way crime is represented in our culture. With a primary focus on the sociology of crime, you will also look at methods of crime prevention.

As a criminology student you will:

• Examine the criminal justice system, crime and deviancy
• Use critical and creative thinking to solve crime-related problems
• Discover the influence crime has on policy and public opinion
• Explore practical crime prevention tactics
• Research surveillance practices in contemporary society
• Gain insight into new and existing antisocial behaviours.

As a student of criminology, you will have the opportunity to study crime and deviancy from different angles including sociology, cultural studies and law to the growing field of crime science.