“Undergraduate journeys into the Social Sciences?”

Dr Philip Johnson SFHEALecturer in Criminology & Criminal Justice

According to Skills for Justice, 2013: para. 1, the justice sector now covers:

fire and rescue services (FRS); armed forces; local and central government; the voluntary and community sector; legal and financial services and the accountancy sector.

They work in police forces and law enforcement agencies; courts, tribunal & prosecution services; forensic science services; custodial care;

3.5 million working people, the equivalent of 13% of the overall UK workforce

PUBLIC SECTOR? e.g. Police, Probation, Prisons

PRIVATE SECTOR? (The 3Ps?)e.g. Companies such as Sodexo Justice Services, Serco Custodial Services or G4S Justice Services.

THIRD SECTOR?e.g. Charities such as NACRO and Crime Prevention Organisations.

GRADUATE

EMPLOYABILITY IS

THE KEY

True or False? • “This statement is false.”• If this is true, • then what it is saying (that it is false) • must be true, which means it is false!

• If this is false, • then what it is saying (that it is false) • must be true, which means it is false!

• analysis and interpretation of theories and concepts in the practice of criminology and criminal justice

The Defining Features of a Criminology graduate?

• evaluating research and a variety of types of information & evidence critically

Are you sure?

Since 1991 violent crime has ____

Violent crime has fallen by 51% since 1991 and property crime by 43%. (The Brennan Center for Justice, 2015 based at the New York University School of Law)

by __?

Module Streams on the FdA Criminology & Criminal Justice and BA (Hons) Criminology• PoliceCriminal Law & ProcedureForensic Evidence & Crime Scene Investigation

• ProbationOffender ManagementRisk Assessment & Interventions

• PrisonsCriminal PsychologyPrison Regimes

GRADUATE

EMPLOYABILITY IS

THE KEY

A True Crime Story

Are all crimes really treated equally?

or voodoo criminology?

Student work

Challenging Behaviour module

Criminology Today

Criminal Justice Today

Academic Community

• Does not have to be distinct from employability.

• The key is collaborative work.

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p.johnson@blackburn.ac.uk