Edge Hill University, BA (Hons), Childhood and Youth Studies and Criminology

This is a joint Honours scheme which allows the student to combine the 2 subjects, with approximately 50% of modules coming from each subject; the childhood and youth studies course is designed for anyone who wants a career involving children and young people; the course allows the student to study the development of children and young people alongside society's understanding of, and reaction to, them; drawing on a variety of disciplines, including sociology, education, psychology, social policy, and health, the student is able to fully explore the social and developmental contexts of childhood and youth from early years through to childhood and adolescence; the criminology course is suitable for students with an interest in the causes and contexts for crime, deviance and disorder in society, how the law is constructed, enforced and administered, and the role of the media in public perceptions of crime and conflict; the course explores the background to, and recent developments in, criminology, social justice and human rights; focusing on the police, imprisonment, youth justice and the courts, the student examines the significance of social class, gender, sexuality and race in the provision of justice and rights.