Applied Criminology Level 3 Certificate

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If you would still like to enrol on a full time course that started in September 2025, please contact our admissions team directly – admissions@wolvcoll.ac.uk

Attendance: Full Time

Course level: 3

Location: City Learning Quarter

Course code: Q3093

Start dates:

07/09/2026

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Is this course right for me?

If you are interested in working in law, policing, teaching, counselling, mental health nursing, social work, the probation service or Crown Prosecution Service, a criminology qualification will enable you to develop skills and knowledge that will be vital for your future career.

You will learn about crime and the criminal justice system, how crimes are investigated – from crime scene to courtroom – and how miscarriages of justice occur.

You will develop the knowledge and skills needed to examine information, and review the justice of verdicts in criminal cases, as well as study crime and punishment and develop skills to evaluate the effectiveness of social control in delivering policy in practice.

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Course details

Entry Requirements:

To access this course you are required to have:

Five or more GCSEs at Grade 4 or above including a 4 in English and maths

What will I learn?

During the course you will study the following modules:

Changing awareness of crime
Criminological theories
Crime scene to courtroom
Crime and punishment

What skills will I gain?

By studying this course you will gain practical skills, knowledge and understanding of:

How crime reporting affects the public perception of criminality
How campaigns are used to elicit change
How to plan for campaigns for change relating to crime
Social constructions of criminality
Theories of criminality
Causes of criminality
Causes of policy change
Process of criminal investigations
Process for prosecution of suspects
How to review criminal cases
Criminal justice system in England and Wales
Role of punishment in a criminal justice system
Measures used in social control

How will I be assessed?

Throughout the course you will be assessed through a combination of internal and external assessment:

Changing awareness of crime – internally assessed assignment work (worth 25% of overall grade)
Criminological theories – externally assessed through examination (worth 25% of overall grade)
Crime scene to courtroom – internally assessed through assignment work (worth 25% of overall grade)
Crime and punishment – externally assessed through examination (worth 25% of overall grade)

What can I do next?

Successful completion of the course will enable you to progress to higher level qualifications and related degrees in a range of subjects including:

Criminology
Sociology,
Psychology
Law,
Criminal Justice
Policing