UCAS Code: C816

Course Length: 3 Years Full-Time, 5 Years Part-Time

Start Dates: September 2022, September 2023

Faculty: Health, Social Care and Medicine

Location: Edge Hill University

Example Offers: BCC-BBC (A Level) or DMM (BTEC)

Integrating the disciplines of forensic psychology andapplied criminology, this degree enables progressiontowards a comprehensive understanding of offending, itsimpact on individuals and communities, current criminaljustice practice and a range of careers across the criminaljustice sector. You will study concepts such as risk anddangerousness, while also examining offending behaviouracross the lifespan, from children who offend through toolder adults. Analysing complex offending behaviour,such as that encountered when working with mentallydisordered offenders and those who present a significantrisk of serious reoffending, you will explore the widersocial, economic and political context of offending and

Develop an integrated understanding of offending behaviour, from exploring thecontributory factors to crime and offending, to the impact of crime on individuals, and therehabilitation and wellbeing of offenders.

Sandwich Year Option Available International Students Can Apply Work Placement Opportunity

BSc (Hons) Psychosocial Analysis ofOffending Behaviour

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the impact this has on contemporary crime. Your studieswill have a national and global focus, from low levelnuisance crime to terror, corporate crime and crimes

against humanity, and include a work placement option inyour final year.

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Course in Depth

What will I study?In Year 1 you will be introduced to the health and socialcare and justice sector contexts, where psychosocial andlegal perspectives will be explored to provide a broadoverview of the legal frameworks and impact of offendingon individuals and communities. The wellbeing needs ofoffenders will be explored with an emphasis on the keyissues around mental health and the care, treatment andmanagement of mentally disordered offenders inhospitals and prisons. Wider issues related to the impactof offending behaviour will be introduced, withconsideration given to the role of substance misuse andalcohol.

During Year 2 you will build on the key issues previouslystudied and develop your knowledge related to morespecific groups of offenders, such as women and childrenin trouble with the law. Healthcare, treatment andrehabilitation approaches will be explored to considerhow psychosocial and political influences can determinethe focus of treatment, alongside approaches to reducingrecidivism.

Year 3 provides an opportunity for a practical work-basedplacement within your identified area of interest and youwill complete an independent dissertation module. Thisyear of study prepares you to build upon your existingknowledge and critical analysis skills to consider theinternational, legal, ethical and political perspectives ofoffending.

How will I study?The programme is delivered through lectures, seminarsand workshops to more independent technologyenhanced learning and personal development planning.The practical work placement in Year 3 of the programmeprovides a unique and stimulating opportunity forexperiential learning. Some flexibility may be necessarydue to the variable working hours of manyplacement agencies.

How will I be assessed?A range of assessment methods will be used throughout

the programme including written theoreticalassignments, presentations, examinations, case studiesand reflective assignments.

Who will be teaching me?The programme team comprises a range of clinicallyqualified, research active professionals with extensiveexperience of working in applied forensic settings. Theseinclude high security psychiatric hospitals, the prisonservice and community services, with both adult andyoung offenders. The core teaching team will beenhanced by the contribution of guest lecturers fromacross the criminal justice sector.

A Great Study Environment

The Faculty of Health, Social Care and Medicine is one ofthe leading providers of education and training for healthand social care professionals in the North West ofEngland.

Offering some of the best facilities for health, social careand medicine students in the country, the outstandingteaching and learning resources include leading edgeclinical skills facilities, an 860-seat lecture theatre, and avariety of teaching rooms and social learning spaces.

The faculty is home to a thriving research culture whichincludes a series of staff and student conferenceprogrammes, guest lectures and seminars, as well as

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active research groups.

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Modules

Level 4 (Year 1 of Full-Time Programme)HUG1137: Introduction to Professional and Academic Skills (20 credits)Introduction to Professional and Academic Skills enables you to acquire key academic and professional skills on yourjourney to becoming an independent learner. Your academic skills will be enhanced to include note-taking,presentation skills, IT skills, the reading of academic articles and the development of a personal portfolio. You will alsoexplore effective and ineffective communication strategies, self-awareness, resilience and transferable life skills suchas time management, assertiveness, negotiation, active listening and problem solving.

HUG1138: Introduction to Research Skills (20 credits)Introduction to Research Skills provides an overview of research methods. The module equips you with a broadknowledge and understanding of the function and application of research relevant to those working in applied healthand social care, including the effectiveness of different models, client issues and groupwork. You will be introduced toboth the theoretical and practical aspects of research skills including research terminology, numeric and non-numericdata handling, statistical analysis and interpretation of qualitative and quantitative data.

HUG1196: Introducing the Justice Sector Context (30 credits)Introducing the Justice Sector Context offers an evolutionary exploration of the wider mechanics of justice, exploringboth historical and contemporary debates within the various professions that make up the justice community. Thismodule places the contemporary debates on crime and the treatment of offenders in a broader societal context. It willincorporate historical, sociological, economic and philosophical explorations that will enable you to place your area ofpractice, and the responses towards the client group you work with, within a broader context.

HUG1197: Mentally Disordered Offenders (30 credits)Mentally Disordered Offenders provides an opportunity to comprehensively explore the relationship between mentalill health and offending behaviour. Subjects such as schizophrenia, psychosis, dangerous severe personality disorderand the relationship between treatment and containment will be explored. The use of case scenarios, research andbest practice will underpin interactive lectures and seminars.

HUG1198: Alcohol, Drugs and Offending (20 credits)Alcohol, Drugs and Offending centres on how the impact of alcohol and substance misuse on disorderly behaviour andmore serious offending is increasingly recognised. The module explores the interconnectedness of addictive behaviourand the cycles of offending in detail.

Level 5 (Year 2 of Full-Time Programme)FDH2100: Legal and Ethical Perspectives (20 credits)Legal and Ethical Perspectives is a module designed to develop awareness of accountability and accountable practicewithin the legal, professional and ethical frameworks pertinent to a potential future client base. In addition, themodule will encourage you to reflect upon your personal and professional abilities and boundaries and consider theimportance of the multi-professional team.

HUG2213: Understanding Research (30 credits)Understanding Research familiarises you with the nature and variety of research methods and data collection

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techniques, together with the need for an evidence-base to guide the decision-making process. You will evaluatequalitative and quantitative methods, examining the positive and negative aspects of both approaches in acomparative analysis. A key aspect of this module is the literature review. You will be shown how to develop aliterature search strategy, learn how to find relevant literature using electronic databases and understand how toappraise the literature you find to identify key themes. Ethical considerations in relation to the development andundertaking of research will also be considered.

HUG2309: Offending Across the Lifespan (20 credits)Offending Across the Lifespan recognises that there are few issues less emotive than the subject of children whooffend and in particular children and young people who seriously offend. Debate continues about whether or not thecurrent judicial processes are appropriate and uncertainty remains about appropriate treatment and managementstrategies. At the opposite end of the scale, older people are increasingly being convicted of crimes that theycommitted when younger due to the developments in forensics and DNA profiling. Increasingly, people of pensionableage are finding themselves in prison as a result of historic offences. This spectrum is explored in detail.

HUG2310: Women, Girls and Offending (20 credits)Women, Girls and Offending is a complex subject area and this is particularly the case with women who seriouslyoffend. Societal expectations and perceptions of how women should behave can become something of a barrier whenunderstanding women who offend. A comprehensive exploration of society’s view of women, motherhood, sexuality,violence and offending is the focus of this module.

HUG2311: Rehabilitation and Treatment of Offenders (30 credits)Rehabilitation and Treatment of Offenders focuses on the debate surrounding the concepts of punishment andtreatment in the UK and the wider world. The module enables you to acquire a detailed understanding of the keytheoretical and practical arguments in the contemporary fields of criminal justice and health and social care.

Level 6 (Year 3 of Full-Time Programme)HUG3169: Psychological Explanations of Crime (20 credits)Psychological Explanations of Crime critically explores how psychology can inform our knowledge of offenders andoffending. The module will critically assess the relationship between offending and mental and personality disorders,with reference to culpability and risk. Drawing upon investigative, forensic and social psychological frameworks, youwill critically consider how psychological investigations can inform our knowledge of risk and offending behaviourbeyond traditional offender profiling. It will critically evaluate how the methods employed by investigators caninfluence false confessions. The module will also investigate some of the psychological techniques employed bycriminals in the form of grooming and criminal exploitation.

HUG3254: Experiential Placement (30 credits)Experiential Placement is a unique module that provides an opportunity for you to experience working life on aplacement in a specialist area of practice of your choice. A key focus of the module is to closely align theoreticalunderstanding with practical delivery of services to provide a platform to transfer the knowledge gained into a realworking life experience. This placement can significantly enhance your future employability prospects.

HUG3255: The Political Context of Offending in the United Kingdom (20 credits)The Political Context of Offending in the United Kingdom acknowledges that the contemporary leading politicalpower will always be a key stakeholder in policy and practice development. Central Government may take into accountadvice from selected experts but will always have an ear to what the electorate has to say. Subsequently policy andpractice can change in line with a change in Government. Currently the UK imprisons over 80,000 people which is thehighest number in Europe. What this might say about contemporary views about offending in the UK in the 21st

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century will be comprehensively explored.

HUG3256: International Perspectives on Crime and Offending Behaviour (20 credits)International Perspectives on Crime and Offending Behaviour recognises that there are a wide range of views in theworld about what constitutes an appropriate response to offending behaviour. Such responses can range fromelectronic tagging through to capital punishment. Furthermore, the emergence of the World Wide Web hasintroduced the concept of new technologies into offending behaviour - e.g. online paedophile activity, computerhacking and the use of video cameras on mobile phones to record violent offences. The wide range of responses fromthe international community, in a world which is becoming increasingly small online, is explored and debated inconsiderable detail.

You will select one of the following modules:

HUG3100: Dissertation (30 credits)Dissertation enables you to focus on an area of vocational interest, or concern, which is identified by yourself andagreed with your supervisor. You will engage in a structured review of the literature related to the specific area ofstudy, apply critical analysis to the literature and make recommendations that could improve service provision.

HUG3240: Primary Research Dissertation (30 credits)Primary Research Dissertation focuses on the identification of an area of vocational interest or concern to beidentified by yourself and agreed with your supervisor. You will engage in a structured review of existing literature anddesign and carry out a research project related to your specific area of study. You will apply critical analysis to theestablished literature as well as the findings from your proposed research and make recommendations that couldimprove service provision.

Optional modules provide an element of choice within the programme curriculum. The availability of optional modulesmay vary from year to year and will be subject to minimum student numbers being achieved. This means that theavailability of specific optional modules cannot be guaranteed. Optional module selection may also be affected bytimetabling requirements.

TimetablesTimetables for your first week are normally available at the end of August prior to enrolment in September. You canexpect to receive your timetable for the rest of the academic year during your first week. Please note that while wemake every effort to ensure that timetables are as student-friendly as possible, scheduled teaching can take place onany day of the week. Wednesday afternoons are normally reserved for sports and cultural activities.

DisclaimerEvery effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of our published course information, however our programmes aresubject to ongoing review and development. Changing circumstances may necessitate alteration to, or the cancellationof, courses. Changes may be necessary to comply with the requirements of accrediting bodies, revisions to subjectbenchmarks statements, to keep courses updated and contemporary, or as a result of student feedback. We reservethe right to make variations if we consider such action to be necessary or in the best interests of students.

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Entry Criteria

Entry RequirementsTypical offer 104-112 UCAS Tariff points. No specificsubjects are required.

If you accept a formal offer from Edge Hill University youwill be required to apply for a Disclosure and BarringService (DBS) Enhanced Disclosure indicating that youmeet the mandatory criteria of 'Clearance to Work withChildren and/or Vulnerable Adults'. Further informationwill be sent to you after you have firmly accepted an offer.

Example OffersSome examples of how you can achieve 104-112 UCASTariff points are detailed below.

• A Level: BCC-BBC;

• BTEC Extended Diploma (or combination of BTECQCF qualifications): Distinction, Merit, Merit(DMM);

• T Level: Overall grade of Merit;

• International Baccalaureate (IB): We are happy toaccept IB qualifications which achieve the requirednumber of UCAS Tariff points;

• Access to Higher Education Diploma: 45 credits atLevel 3, for example 9 credits at Distinction and 36credits at Merit or 15 credits at Distinction and 30credits at Merit. The required total can be attainedfrom various credit combinations.

Please note, the above examples may differ from actualoffers made. A combination of A Level and BTEC awardsmay also be accepted.

As long as you have a minimum of two A Levels (orequivalent), there is no maximum number ofqualifications that we will accept UCAS points from. Thisincludes additional qualifications such as the WelshBaccalaureate and Extended Project Qualification (EPQ),AS Levels that haven't been continued to A Level, andGeneral Studies AS or A Level awards.

For further information on how you can meet the entry

requirements, including details ofalternative qualifications, please visitwww.edgehill.ac.uk/offers.

EU students can get country-specific information aboutthe University's entry requirements and equivalentnational qualifications at www.edgehill.ac.uk/eu.

International students should visit www.edgehill.ac.uk/international for information on the entry criteria foroverseas applicants.

English Language RequirementsInternational students require IELTS 6.0, with a score nolower than 5.5 in each individual component, or anequivalent English language qualification.

If your current level of English is half a band lower, eitheroverall or in one or two elements, you may want toconsider our Pre-Sessional English course.

Are there any alternative ways tomeet the entry requirements?If you have the ability to study for a degree but lack thenecessary qualifications or confidence, our Fastrack:Preparation for Higher Education course could be foryou. This free, seven-week programme provides a greatopportunity to enhance your study skills and subjectknowledge and demonstrate that you are ready to studya particular subject with us, in lieu of achieving the UCASTariff points in the entry criteria.

Upon successful completion of a Fastrack course, you willbe well placed to progress onto a corresponding Edge HillUniversity degree, although additional entryrequirements may apply and the availability of specificprogrammes cannot be guaranteed. For moreinformation, visit www.edgehill.ac.uk/fastrack.

Recognition of Prior LearningEdge Hill University recognises learning gainedelsewhere, whether through academic credit and

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qualifications acquired from other relevant courses ofstudy or through recognition of an individual'sprofessional and employment experience (also referredto as 'experiential learning'). This may include credit orlearning undertaken at another university.

Previous learning that is recognised in this way may beused towards meeting the entry requirements for a

programme and/or for exemption from part of aprogramme. It is your responsibility to make a claim forrecognition of prior learning. For guidance, please consultthe University's academic regulations (sections C7 andF3.1) or contact the faculty in which you are interested instudying.

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Career Prospects

What are my career prospects?The programme will provide you with a comprehensiveunderstanding of crime and is suitable for people whohave an interest in working in the prison, youth justiceand probation sectors, as well as journalism, crime policy,security or related fields.

Successful completion of the programme will provide astrong basis on which to apply for employment withcrime-related service providers, progress topostgraduate study or pursue professional qualifications,for example in social work, probation, nursing orpsychology.

How can I enhance myemployability?It is useful to consider, even before you apply, how youwill spend your time while studying and make the most ofyour university experience.

Optional, additional activities may be available on thisdegree which could help to prepare you for a stimulatingand rewarding career. These include:

• Sandwich Years – you may have the opportunity toapply to complete a sandwich year placement,usually as the third year of a four year degree, andgain highly relevant work experience;

• Learning a Language – you may be able toparticipate in Language Steps classes, delivered atthe Edge Hill Language Centre, as additional study.

Please note, the availability of these additional activitiescannot be guaranteed for all students. Depending onavailability and the number of students wanting toparticipate, there may be a competitive applicationprocess for sandwich year placements or you may berequired to secure a relevant placement yourself.

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Finance

Tuition FeesIf you are a prospective UK student who will be joiningthis undergraduate degree on a full-time basis inacademic year 2022/23, the tuition fee will be £9,250 ayear (subject to final Government approval). Tuition feesfor international students enrolling on the programme ona full-time basis in academic year 2022/23 are £15,000 ayear.

If you are a prospective UK student who will be joiningthis undergraduate degree on a part-time basis inacademic year 2022/23, the tuition fee will be £77 percredit (subject to final Government approval). This isequivalent to £1,540 per 20 credit module. 360 creditsare required to complete an undergraduate degree.

EU/EEA and Swiss students who have settled orpre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme, aswell as Irish nationals, may be eligible for the UK tuitionfee rate.

The University may administer a small inflationary rise intuition fees, in line with Government policy, insubsequent academic years as you progress through thecourse.

Financial SupportSubject to eligibility, UK students joining thisundergraduate degree can apply for a Tuition Fee Loanfrom the Government to cover the full cost of tuition fees.UK students enrolling on the programme may also beeligible to apply for additional funding to help with livingcosts.

For comprehensive information about the financialsupport available to eligible UK students joining thisprogramme in academic year 2022/23, together withdetails of how to apply for potential funding, please viewour Money Matters 2022/23 guide for your intendedmode of study.

• Money Matters 2022/23 Full-Time:www.edgehill.ac.uk/undergradfinance2022

• Money Matters 2022/23 Part-Time:www.edgehill.ac.uk/undergradfinance2022pt

EU/EEA and Swiss students who have settled orpre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme maybe eligible to apply for financial support. Irish nationalsshould ordinarily apply to Student Universal SupportIreland (SUSI). Please see www.edgehill.ac.uk/eufinancefor further details.

Financial support information for international studentscan be found at www.edgehill.ac.uk/international/fees.

Scholarships

Edge Hill University offers a range of scholarships with acompetitive application process for prospective full-timeundergraduate students.

These scholarships aren't linked to academic success andcelebrate determination, talent and achievement beyondyour coursework, for instance in creativity, enterprise,ICT, performance, sport or volunteering.

To find out more about scholarships, to assess youreligibility, and to meet some of our dedicated scholarshipwinners, visit www.edgehill.ac.uk/scholarships.

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Apply

How to ApplyIf you wish to study full-time, apply online through UCASat www.ucas.com. Visit www.edgehill.ac.uk/applyucas tofind out more about the application process.

If you wish to study part-time, apply directly to Edge HillUniversity at www.edgehill.ac.uk/apply-part-time.

Further information for international students about howto apply is available at www.edgehill.ac.uk/applyinternational.

Should you accept an offer of a place to study with us andformally enrol as a student, you will be subject to theprovisions of the regulations, rules, codes, conditions andpolicies which apply to our students. These are availableat www.edgehill.ac.uk/studentterms.

Visit Us

If you are considering applying to study at Edge Hill

University, the best way to gain an insight into studentlife is to discover our stunning campus for yourself byattending an open day. You can view dates and book yourplace at www.edgehill.ac.uk/opendays.

Alternatively, if you are unable to attend an open day, youcan find out more about our full range of events forprospective students, including campus tours and virtualactivities, at www.edgehill.ac.uk/visitus.

Request a ProspectusIf you would like to explore our full range of degreesbefore you apply, you can order an undergraduateprospectus at www.edgehill.ac.uk/undergradprospectus.

Get in TouchIf you have any questions about this programme or whatit's like to study at Edge Hill University, please contact:

• Course Enquiries

• Tel: 01695 657000

• Email: study@edgehill.ac.uk

International students should visit www.edgehill.ac.uk/international or email international@edgehill.ac.uk withany queries about overseas study.

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