Undergraduate and Postgraduate Studies in Criminology and Social Work
E-mail: socialwork@lancaster.ac.uk | criminology@lancaster.ac.uk
About the Department
The Department of Applied Social Science is a member of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. We have two areas of academic interest: Criminology and Social Work. We run degrees in these subjects and they are the disciplines which inform our research. Through the most recent (2008) research assessment exercise we have official recognition that 95% of research in this Department is of an international standard. Combined with 'excellence in teaching' confirmed by the regulatory body, we are one of the top university departments in the country for social work and criminology.
Our areas of research interest include:
- alcohol and drug use
- child care and protection
- criminal careers
- disability studies
- evaluation of public sector crime and welfare projects
- gender inequalities
- globalisation and crime
- hate crime
- night-time economies
- policy analysis
- prevention, punishment and criminal justice
- social exclusion
- youth leisure and youth subcultures
Recent books published by members of the department
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