Explore the justice system and the criminal mind to grasp the causes of crime in this free online criminology course. Are you interested in crime and the legal justice system? Do you want to know what causes a felon to commit or avoid new crimes? Are some people simply ‘born criminals’ or do social and environmental influences play a significant role in driving crime? Why do males commit crimes at a higher rate than women? This criminology course answers these questions and many more. Sign up to learn why people break the law and how the legal system responds.
| College | Alison |
| Course ID | 188106 |
| Course Type | Online Learning |
| Course Qualification | CPD Certificate |
| Course Duration | 1.5-3 hours |
| Course Fee | Free |
| Entry Requirements | Like all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary. At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives. Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone. |
| Career Path | In This Free Course, You Will Learn How To • Define ‘criminal justice’ and ‘criminology’ • Describe the policies and paradigms of criminology • Discuss the history, evolution and future of the field of criminology • Outline various theories of criminology and their background • Explain how the criminal justice system punishes those who are convicted of crimes • List the different types and elements of crimes |
| Course Code | 5592 |
Criminal law provides a means to resolve disputes and conflicts between citizens in a peaceful and orderly manner, protecting people, property and society.
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