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In 2014, Part I (first year) units will be introduced with Part II (second year and higher) units becoming available in subsequent years. Detailed information about Part II will be available here from mid-2014.

Find out more about our new degrees, or to get in touch and ask us what this means for you head to AskMurdoch. Continuing students can still access information for degrees commencing 2013 and prior in the Course Handbook.

Explore the criminal justice system with Criminology

In this course, you'll gain insights into criminal law and how the criminal justice system works.

Learn about real-life crimes and criminal profiles

Criminology is the study of crime and responses to crime - so you'll study a wide range of fascinating subjects. You'll learn about sentencing, what makes a criminal mind work, and the role of criminal justice agencies, the courts, police and correctional officers.

You'll also study our criminal justice system, including offender profiling, interrogation, false confessions, Aboriginal over-representation and juvenile justice.

Explore a range of career options

Completing this course will help you to make a difference in a range of roles - you could be working with criminals, investigating and preventing crime, or working in the criminal justice system.