Subjects - School of Social Sciences - The University of Manchester

Understand why crime has become a dominant social problem, and how crime and criminal behaviour are related to other social issues.

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Our department plays a central role in ensuring that Manchester continues to be a leading UK centre for quantitative sociology.

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Criminology