Criminology (BSc)

During Induction Week, make sure you follow your course induction schedule below. This must take priority over any other events. Most of these induction events will be on campus but there may be additional online events that you will need to attend or watch.

While most of these activities won’t change, there could be small changes to timings and locations, so make sure to check back here regularly for any updates.

Don’t forget to complete your online enrolment.

Induction schedule

If you are a student taking a joint honours degree you will need to also look at the induction schedule for your other subject. Joint honours students will need to attend the Welcome and Induction sessions and taster sessions for BOTH of their subjects.

Monday 16 September

Time	Event details	Location
On Demand	Read through the HSS Induction Google site For UG students only	Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Induction Google site

Tuesday 17 September

Time	Event details	Location
10:00am - 11:30am	Welcome and Induction	John Henry Brookes Lecture Theatre, John Henry Brookes Building, Headington Campus
4:00pm - 5:30pm	Welcome to School of Law and Social Sciences	John Henry Brookes Lecture Theatre, John Henry Brookes Building, Headington Campus

Wednesday 18 September

Time	Event details	Location
1:00pm - 4:00pm	Module registration help desk Drop-in if you need help adding your optional modules.	G110, Gibbs Building, Headington Campus

Time

Event details

Location

1:00pm - 4:00pm

Module registration help desk

Drop-in if you need help adding your optional modules.

G110, Gibbs Building, Headington Campus

Thursday 19 September

Time	Event details	Location
10:00am - 4:00pm	Module registration help desk Drop-in if you need help adding your optional modules.	G110, Gibbs Building, Headington Campus
10:00am - 11:00am	Criminology taster session	John Henry Brookes Lecture Theatre, John Henry Brookes Building, Headington Campus

Time

Event details

Location

10:00am - 4:00pm

Module registration help desk

Drop-in if you need help adding your optional modules.

G110, Gibbs Building, Headington Campus

10:00am - 11:00am

Criminology taster session

John Henry Brookes Lecture Theatre, John Henry Brookes Building, Headington Campus

Friday 20 September

Time	Event details	Location
On Demand	Sexual Consent Education View our consent induction webpage and complete the mandatory course on Moodle.	View the Consent Matters webpage Complete the Sexual Consent Education course
10:00am - 4:00pm	Module registration help desk Drop-in if you need help adding your optional modules.	G110, Gibbs Building, Headington Campus
2:30pm - 4:00pm	Faculty social	CLC G.02, Sir Kenneth Wheare Hall, Clerici Building, Headington Campus

Time

Event details

Location

On Demand

Sexual Consent Education

View our consent induction webpage and complete the mandatory course on Moodle.

View the Consent Matters webpage

Complete the Sexual Consent Education course

10:00am - 4:00pm

Module registration help desk

Drop-in if you need help adding your optional modules.

G110, Gibbs Building, Headington Campus

2:30pm - 4:00pm

Faculty social

CLC G.02, Sir Kenneth Wheare Hall, Clerici Building, Headington Campus

Student Support Co-ordinators

Your Student Support Coordinator (SSC) is: Poppy Hoole

How to contact us	Contact details	Availability
In person	G103, Gibbs Building, Headington Campus	Monday - Friday: 11:00am-12:00pm; 2:00pm-3:00pm (Induction Week)
Email	ssc-hss@brookes.ac.uk
Phone	+44 (0) 1865 535250

Other key contacts

Job title	Name	Contact details
Subject Coordinators	Ahalya Bala Grace Low	a.bala@brookes.ac.uk glow@brookes.ac.uk
Programme Lead	Eleanor Bland	ebland@brookes.ac.uk
Programme Administrator	Laura Crofts	social-sciences@brookes.ac.uk
Academic Liaison Librarian	Charlie Brampton	c.brampton@brookes.ac.uk

Reading lists

This is an indicative reading list of the core books used for your course's compulsory modules. There is no expectation for you to purchase any of the books, they are all available in the University Library.

Criminology Single Honours
Semester 1 Modules	Recommended Core Text
CRIM4001 Crime and Criminology in Context	Newburn, T (2018), Criminology: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press) or Watch Newburn, T (2018), Criminology: A Very Short Introduction
CRIM4007 Criminology Skills	Cottrell, S (2019), The Study Skills Handbook (Red Globe Press)
CRIM4006 Understanding Crime and Society	Case, S, et al., (2021), The Oxford Textbook on Criminology (Oxford University Press)
CRIM4009 Creating Criminology 1	Caulfield, L and Hill, J, (2018), Criminological Skills and Research for Beginners: A Student’s Guide, (Routledge)
Semester 2 Modules	Recommended Core Text
CRIM4002 Criminal Justice in Action	Jones, T, Newburn, T, and Reiner, R, (2017), The Oxford Handbook of Criminology (Oxford University Press)
CRIM4004 Media and Crime	Jewkes, Y (2015), Media and Crime (Sage)
CRIM4008 Creating Criminology 2	Caulfield, L and Hill, J, (2018), Criminological Skills and Research for Beginners: A Student’s Guide, (Routledge)

Criminology Joint Honours
Semester 1 Modules	Recommended Core Text
CRIM4001 Crime and Criminology in Context	Newburn, T (2018), Criminology: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press) or Watch Newburn, T (2018), Criminology: A Very Short Introduction
Semester 2 Modules	Recommended Core Text
CRIM4002 Criminal Justice in Action	Jones, T, Newburn, T, and Reiner, R, (2017), The Oxford Handbook of Criminology (Oxford University Press)

Additional information

For UG students only: More information about your induction programme can be found on the Faculty Induction Google Site.

Joint Honours Students

If you are a student taking a joint honours degree you will need to also look at the induction schedule for your other subject.
Joint honours students will need to attend the Subject Welcome and taster sessions for BOTH of their courses. If your schedules show two different times for the School welcome session you need only attend one of these.