Criminology and Psychology BA (Hons) 2026-27 Bangor - Full Time with Placement Year - September

{"title": "Bangor - Full Time with Placement Year - September", "wt_programme_id": 4477469, "programme_code": "BA/CRIMPSY", "wt_delivery_id": 4477472, "structure": [{"name": "Academic Year 1", "title": "Year 1", "title_short": "Yr 1", "description": "", "heading": "Academic Year 2026-27", "year": 1, "progress": "Stage", "rule_summary": "The student must take 120 credits from the modules.", "modules": [{"title": "Vulnerability and Risk in Criminal Justice", "module_title": "Vulnerability and Risk in Criminal Justice", "short_title": "Vulnerability and Risk in Criminal Justice", "module_code": "SXY-1015", "marketing_synopsis": "This module introduces students to the concepts of vulnerability and risk in the context of the criminal justice system.\r\n\r\nThis module introduces students to the concepts of vulnerability and risk in the context of the criminal justice system.\r\n\r\nVulnerability and risk are at the core of criminal justice practice - from policing to sentencing in the courts. Using real-life case studies, students will develop their understanding of how different forms of vulnerabilities can affect how victims, witnesses and suspects experience the criminal justice system. Students will apply risk assessments to individuals using scenario-based work.\r\n\r\nThe module provides real insights into the workings of the criminal justice system and how this is experienced differently by vulnerable individuals. Vulnerabilities and risks relate to personal, social and situational circumstances that students will be able to relate to.\r\n\r\nYou will learn how individual experiences of the criminal justice system are shaped by conceptions of vulnerability and risk and how vulnerabilities and risk factors can impact on criminal justice outcomes.\r\n\r\nThe module will be assessed by completing a vulnerability assessment based on a choice of scenarios provided and a risk assessment applied at the sentencing or parole stage for an individual convicted of a crime, scenarios will be provided.", "delivery_locations": ["Bangor"], "credits": 20, "level": "Level 4", "language_code": "en", "language_name": "English", "semester": "", "semester_months": "", "type": "Compulsory", "language_choice": false}, {"title": "Stress and Distress in Health and Mental Health", "module_title": "Stress and Distress in Health and Mental Health", "short_title": "Stress & Distress", "module_code": "PPP-1002", "marketing_synopsis": "This module will introduce concepts of physical and mental health in health and clinical psychology. It will describe biopsychosocial approaches to health behaviour, stress, and mental illness and students will gain an understanding of how stress and distress can relate to the development of mental and physical illness. The module provides students with opportunities to consider mental and physical health constructs, the development and diagnosis of mental illness as well as inequality within diagnosis and treatment for such illnesses. Assessment will involve a multiple choice exam and a written coursework assignment.", "delivery_locations": ["Bangor"], "credits": 10, "level": "Level 4", "language_code": "en", "language_name": "English", "semester": "", "semester_months": "", "type": "Compulsory", "language_choice": false}, {"title": "Scientific Writing and Communication 1", "module_title": "Scientific Writing and Communication 1", "short_title": "Scientific Writing & Comm I", "module_code": "PPP-1003", "marketing_synopsis": "This is the first in a series of skills modules designed to help you write and communicate within the scientific discipline of Psychology. In order to write well, you also need to be able to think critically, summarise research presented to you and write in the style accepted for Psychology publications (The American Psychological Association, APA). Students will develop a range of transferable skills on this module, along with more generic study and assessment skills to help you throughout your university career, such as APA referencing and citations. The module comprises a lecture and workshop series where you can apply the information we teach you to practical tasks, formative assessment and preparation for formally assessed tasks.\r\n\r\nDuring the module you will also have an opportunity to hear about some of the cutting edge research that is taking place within our School and use that to practise your research summary skills. The module is deliberately paced so that there are lots of opportunities for practice and reflection and it serves as an excellent introductory module for the whole degree.", "delivery_locations": ["Bangor"], "credits": 10, "level": "Level 4", "language_code": "en", "language_name": "English", "semester": "", "semester_months": "", "type": "Compulsory", "language_choice": false}, {"title": "Brain and Mind", "module_title": "Brain and Mind", "short_title": "Brain & Mind", "module_code": "PPP-1005", "marketing_synopsis": "Brain and Mind is an introduction to the functional anatomy of the human brain. It will review the locations of, and names given to, brain cells, structures, and networks, and relate these systems to both objective phenomena and subjective experiences that comprise the human mind. \r\nStudents will take part in 11 interactive lectures that use human brain biology as an anchor for exploring and understanding perception and sensation, language understanding and production, emotion, and higher cognitive abilities, as well as the way in which these phenomena differ from those exhibited by animal minds (or not). Moreover, we take every reasonable step to deliver a hands-on Brain Anatomy Practical session, in which students are given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to hold a real human brain in their hands.\r\nThe ultimate goal of Brain and Mind is not only to make you realise that you have a beautiful, lively, highly sophisticated organ capable of wonders sitting in your skull, but also that you can expand its abilities beyond your wildest dreams. Moreover, the course will serve as an important foundation for other modules in which the brain (as a biological organ) is considered.\r\nAssessment for this module includes a final exam, in three parts: multiple choice questions; figure labelling; and short answer questions.", "delivery_locations": ["Bangor"], "credits": 10, "level": "Level 4", "language_code": "en", "language_name": "English", "semester": "", "semester_months": "", "type": "Compulsory", "language_choice": false}, {"title": "Scientific Writing and Communication 2", "module_title": "Scientific Writing and Communication 2", "short_title": "Scientific Writing & Comm II", "module_code": "PPP-1006", "marketing_synopsis": "Scientific Writing and Communication 2 will teach you more about how to tell the world about science. In this module you will learn more about how to write formal science essays, as well as learning how to write an accessible science magazine article. You will learn the basics of the oral presentation skills that all scientists need when they present their research at conferences. You will be assessed on each of these skills separately and, by the end of this module, you will be able to hold your own in the science community as you tell the world about research.", "delivery_locations": ["Bangor"], "credits": 10, "level": "Level 4", "language_code": "en", "language_name": "English", "semester": "", "semester_months": "", "type": "Compulsory", "language_choice": false}, {"title": "Criminal Psychology", "module_title": "Criminal Psychology", "short_title": "Criminal Psychology", "module_code": "PSP-1002", "marketing_synopsis": "The module introduces the core psychological, criminological, and sociological accounts of criminal, antisocial, and deviant behaviour (such as Social Learning Theory, Personality, Strain Theory, and Developmental Theories) along with forensic processes (such as Forensic Entomology, DNA Analysis, Behaviour Sequence Analysis) alongside psychology essential to the justice system. The module is delivered by 12 two-hour lectures.\r\n\r\nIt provides a double end-to-end examination of criminal behaviour. First, an examination of those who exhibit criminal behaviour (or are victimised by it) from birth to adolescence or adulthood when criminal behaviour first manifested (in them or against them). Second, an examination of how the crime and the individual are each treated within the justice system from first report through to punishment. \r\n\r\nIn the first half of this module, you will learn that criminality and victimhood have aetiology rooted deeply in biological, sociological, and psychological factors. Given a specific set of involuntary circumstances, we could all be criminals. We can only change our treatment and support of the individuals who have found themselves in these set circumstances. In the second half, you will thus learn about the treatment of people who have committed crime by the justice and prison systems, and critique whether it is conducive to change given our theoretical knowledge.", "delivery_locations": ["Bangor"], "credits": 10, "level": "Level 4", "language_code": "en", "language_name": "English", "semester": "", "semester_months": "", "type": "Compulsory", "language_choice": false}, {"title": "Social Influence", "module_title": "Social Influence", "short_title": "Influence", "module_code": "PSP-1003", "marketing_synopsis": "Influence is about changing people: their beliefs, thoughts, and actions. This module introduces human social influence and how it happens. We explore human social evolution to understand why we are inherently susceptible to influence. We review principles of persuasion, social norms, and the power of mass persuasion, anchored in real-world examples from social media, to child marriage, to tax avoidance. We seek to understand not only how to influence others, but how to defend against manipulation. Our main goal is learning how to apply psychological theory to the real world, and to our own experiences.", "delivery_locations": ["Bangor"], "credits": 10, "level": "Level 4", "language_code": "en", "language_name": "English", "semester": "", "semester_months": "", "type": "Compulsory", "language_choice": false}], "groups": [{"title": "Introduction to Criminology - Language Choice", "description": "", "progress": "Group", "rule_summary": "The student must take 20 credits from the modules.", "expanded_by_default": true, "modules": [{"title": "Introduction to Criminology", "module_title": "Introduction to Criminology", "short_title": "Introduction to Criminology", "module_code": "SXY-1005", "marketing_synopsis": "Criminology is concerned with social harms that are seen as so grievous that they are criminalised. What wrongdoings find their way into the criminal code varies considerably with time and place as do the behaviours of perpetrators, victims, by-standers, the public and the authorities. This module introduces you to key theories of crime and selected criminological studies. \r\nWhile mainly drawing on situations in the UK, the module also covers crime in the United States, where a lot of criminology hails from, as well examples from other European and non-European countries. After completing this module you will have a basic understanding of crime, its causes and consequences, the trajectory of criminal careers, as well as of the social and institutional responses to crime.", "delivery_locations": ["Bangor"], "credits": 20, "level": "Level 4", "language_code": "en", "language_name": "English", "semester": "", "semester_months": "", "type": "Compulsory", "language_choice": false}, {"title": "Introduction to Criminology", "module_title": "Introduction to Criminology", "short_title": "Cyflwyniad i Droseddeg", "module_code": "SCY-1004", "marketing_synopsis": "Mae troseddeg yn ymwneud \u00e2 niweidiau cymdeithasol yr ystyrir eu bod mor ddifrifol fel eu bod yn cael eu troseddoli. Mae'r camweddau sy'n dod o hyd i'w ffordd i mewn i'r cod troseddol yn amrywio'n sylweddol gydag amser a lle, ac felly hefyd ymddygiad y troseddwyr, y dioddefwyr, y gwylwyr, y cyhoedd a'r awdurdodau. Mae'r modiwl hwn yn cyflwyno myfyrwyr i ddamcaniaethau allweddol trosedd ac astudiaethau troseddegol dethol.", "delivery_locations": ["Bangor"], "credits": 20, "level": "Level 4", "language_code": "cy", "language_name": "Welsh", "semester": "", "semester_months": "", "type": "Compulsory", "language_choice": false}]}, {"title": "Introduction to Criminal Justice - Language Choice", "description": "", "progress": "Group", "rule_summary": "The student must take 20 credits from the modules.", "expanded_by_default": true, "modules": [{"title": "Introduction to Criminal Justice", "module_title": "Introduction to Criminal Justice", "short_title": "Intro to Criminal Justice", "module_code": "SXY-1007", "marketing_synopsis": "Introduction to Criminal Justice' provides a sound understanding of the ways in which, within England and Wales, crime comes to the attention of the authorities, how crime is measured, how crime is policed, how accused persons are brought to trial, and those who are convicted are sentenced and punished.\r\n\r\nThis module will first consider the criminal justice process, including the emergence of the police, the role of the Crown Prosecution Service, and how the courts are run. The module will also look at sentencing provisions, key concepts such as resistance, restorative justice and considers what happens after sentencing i.e from probation to parole\r\n\r\nThis is an interesting module because it provides students with the introductory knowledge and understanding of the criminal justice system.\r\n\r\nBy taking this module you will gain an understanding of the aims, key agencies and processes of the criminal justice system, as well as its relationship with wider society. Student assessment is via an essay and a series of short tests.", "delivery_locations": ["Bangor"], "credits": 20, "level": "Level 4", "language_code": "en", "language_name": "English", "semester": "", "semester_months": "", "type": "Compulsory", "language_choice": false}, {"title": "Introduction to Criminal Justice", "module_title": "Introduction to Criminal Justice", "short_title": "Cyflwyniad i Gyf Troseddol", "module_code": "SCY-1002", "marketing_synopsis": "Mae'r modiwl hwn yn rhoi dealltwriaeth gadarn i fyfyrwyr Blwyddyn Un o'r ffyrdd y mae trosedd, yng Nghymru a Lloegr, yn dod i sylw'r awdurdodau, sut mae trosedd yn cael ei fesur, sut mae trosedd yn cael ei blismona, sut mae pobl a gyhuddir yn cael eu dwyn i brawf, a'r rheiny. sy'n euog yn cael eu dedfrydu a'u cosbi. Mae'r modiwl hefyd yn cymryd trosolwg hanesyddol o darddiad cyfraith droseddol, yr heddlu, y llysoedd troseddol a'r carchar, gan archwilio'r newidiadau cymdeithasol, economaidd ac athronyddol sylweddol sydd wedi helpu i lunio'r system cyfiawnder troseddol a chosbi fodern.", "delivery_locations": ["Bangor"], "credits": 20, "level": "Level 4", "language_code": "cy", "language_name": "Welsh", "semester": "", "semester_months": "", "type": "Compulsory", "language_choice": false}]}]}, {"name": "Academic Year 2", "title": "Year 2", "title_short": "Yr 2", "description": "", "heading": "Academic Year 2027-28", "year": 2, "progress": "Stage", "rule_summary": "The student must take 120 credits from the modules.", "groups": [{"title": "Compulsory Psychology modules", "description": "", "progress": "Group", "rule_summary": "", "expanded_by_default": true, "modules": [{"title": "Social Psychology", "module_title": "Social Psychology", "short_title": "Social Psychology", "module_code": "PPP-2010", "marketing_synopsis": "In this module, students will take what they have learnt about human behaviour up to this point and apply this knowledge to situations in which humans interact with one another. This module involves lectures and seminars exploring content such as what we find attractive in a partner, why people commit atrocities, what happens to our decision-making abilities when we are in groups versus alone among many other exciting topics. \n\nThe content of this module will be relevant for whatever students go on to - as humans, we are social beings and so the knowledge and understanding acquired in this module is relevant to every day life. \n\nAssessment of this module is through an applied assignment and a final exam.", "delivery_locations": ["Bangor"], "credits": 10, "level": "Level 5", "language_code": "en", "language_name": "English", "semester": "", "semester_months": "", "type": "Compulsory", "language_choice": false}, {"title": "Cognitive Psychology", "module_title": "Cognitive Psychology", "short_title": "Cognitive Psychology", "module_code": "PPP-2012", "marketing_synopsis": "This module takes you on a journey into your own mind. You will learn how your brain processes, interprets and makes sense of the world to allow you to function in the world. You will also review patients studies to understand how these processes can be affected if we suffer damage to our specialised brain areas. For example, damage to a small region of our brain, the hippocampus, can result in no new personal memories being made ever again. You will also discover how the things your brain perceives (experiences) may not always be faithful representations of the reality that exists. For example, you may see a 3D shape when in fact, you are just looking at some lines on a page. But what about when we don't see something that is there? If a person wearing a gorilla costume walked past, you would notice, right? It turns out, if your attention is busy elsewhere, you probably wouldn't. These 'errors' in our cognition can help to inform us how we process information in our environment and why, most of the time, we get it right for our needs.", "delivery_locations": ["Bangor"], "credits": 10, "level": "Level 5", "language_code": "en", "language_name": "English", "semester": "", "semester_months": "", "type": "Compulsory", "language_choice": false}, {"title": "Personality and Individual Differences", "module_title": "Personality and Individual Differences", "short_title": "Personality & Indiv Diffs", "module_code": "PPP-2014", "marketing_synopsis": "Who are you? This module will address this most fundamental of questions by looking at the fascinating psychology behind the study of Personality and Individual Differences. This module forms part of the core BPS curriculum and students will gain an insight into what makes humans different and what makes us the same. Lectures will focus on a range of theories and their application to real life issues, such as wellbeing, mental and physical health, culture and diversity, motivation and positive psychology. You will gain critical thinking skills, independent research skills, and skills related to scientific discussion on this module. By the end of the module, you should know more about who you are, and what makes you unique.", "delivery_locations": ["Bangor"], "credits": 10, "level": "Level 5", "language_code": "en", "language_name": "English", "semester": "", "semester_months": "", "type": "Compulsory", "language_choice": false}, {"title": "Aspects of Clinical Psychology", "module_title": "Aspects of Clinical Psychology", "short_title": "Aspects of Clinical Psychology", "module_code": "PPP-2016", "marketing_synopsis": "This module is an in-depth exploration into the scientific study of mental illness. It involves an integrative approach, examining the classification of disorders and the psychological, biological, and sociocultural factors contributing to mental health. You will explore the leading mental health disorders, learn about various treatment approaches, and engage with contemporary issues through theories, clinical applications, and empirical research. \r\nWhat is exciting about this module is that it offers a comprehensive understanding of mental health, blending science with real-world applications, making it both intellectually stimulating and practically valuable. For instance, through the assessment, you will test your ability to use the skills you've gained to develop a mental health campaign targeting a real-world issue. \r\nBy partaking in this module, you will gain critical insights into mental health disorders, a thorough understanding of treatment methods, and the ability to apply your knowledge to real-life situations, preparing you for a clinical career.", "delivery_locations": ["Bangor"], "credits": 10, "level": "Level 5", "language_code": "en", "language_name": "English", "semester": "", "semester_months": "", "type": "Compulsory", "language_choice": false}]}, {"title": "Optional Modules Psychology", "description": "Students must choose 2 of the following modules", "progress": "Group", "rule_summary": "The student must take 20 credits from the modules.", "expanded_by_default": true, "modules": [{"title": "Developmental Psychology", "module_title": "Developmental Psychology", "short_title": "Developmental Psychology", "module_code": "PPP-2011", "marketing_synopsis": "Developmental Psychology module is designed to introduce students to the study of child development, taking a broad behavioural, cognitive, and social perspective. It presents students with theoretical background, methodologies, some of the key research questions, and findings across a broad range of topics that have been studied in children. The content of this module contributes to the BPS accreditation of the Psychology degrees.", "delivery_locations": ["Bangor"], "credits": 10, "level": "Level 5", "language_code": "en", "language_name": "English", "semester": "", "semester_months": "", "type": "Optional", "language_choice": false}, {"title": "Biological Psychology", "module_title": "Biological Psychology", "short_title": "Biological Psychology", "module_code": "PPP-2013", "marketing_synopsis": "Understanding the biology of our brains is key to understanding so much about being human. It helps us understand how our fingers release movements so we can type messages, why we might remember our first kiss but not what we had for lunch last week, and why sex feels so good. It also enables us to consider interventions for conditions like Parkinson\u2019s Disease, Schizophrenia and recreational drug addiction, and it helps us to understand why emotional pain hurts just as much as physical pain, and why our experiences of gender identity might differ. The Biological Psychology module at Bangor enables students to explore all of these fascinating topics in the context of cutting-edge research theory and practice.", "delivery_locations": ["Bangor"], "credits": 10, "level": "Level 5", "language_code": "en", "language_name": "English", "semester": "", "semester_months": "", "type": "Optional", "language_choice": false}, {"title": "Behavioural Psychology", "module_title": "Behavioural Psychology", "short_title": "Behavioural Psychology", "module_code": "PPP-2015", "marketing_synopsis": "Have you ever wanted to understand why people act certain ways but struggled to understand why? Behavioural Psychologists have studied human behaviour and have deciphered how to explain \u2018why\u2019 people act in certain ways. It has also figured out practical interventions to help people change their behaviour when desired. Our Behavioural Psychology module focuses on understanding human behaviour, from its most basic unit of analysis to complex and unpredictable patterns of behaviour. The module involves a combination of lectures and practical exercises to help students understand the underlying principles of behaviour, as well as how these principles can be applied in various settings, such as in clinical, organizational, or educational contexts. Students will be assessed via an exam and assignment which will entail applying the principles of behaviour which are taught. Behavioural Psychology is an exciting field due to its practical and real-world relevance. It is a rapidly evolving field, with new theories, research methods, and applications constantly being developed. This module contains stimulating and up-to-date research findings and teaching strategies to ensure our students are on the crest of the wave.", "delivery_locations": ["Bangor"], "credits": 10, "level": "Level 5", "language_code": "en", "language_name": "English", "semester": "", "semester_months": "", "type": "Optional", "language_choice": false}]}, {"title": "Optional Modules Criminology", "description": "Students must choose one of the following modules", "progress": "Group", "rule_summary": "The student must take 20 credits from the modules.", "expanded_by_default": true, "modules": [{"title": "Digital Policing and E-Crime", "module_title": "Digital Policing and E-Crime", "short_title": "Digital Policing and E-Crime", "module_code": "SXY-2008", "marketing_synopsis": "\t\nIn this module students will be introduced to various forms of e crime and approaches to digital policing. E-crime is a complex and developing area of criminal activity which poses several challenges in terms of policing and prevention. Internet-facilitated crime refer to conventional forms of offending can be enhanced to improve the concealment of offenders and expand the pool of potential victims. Internet-enabled crimes represent a range of new crimes which target individuals and businesses.", "delivery_locations": ["Bangor"], "credits": 20, "level": "Level 5", "language_code": "en", "language_name": "English", "semester": "", "semester_months": "", "type": "Optional", "language_choice": false}, {"title": "Injustice and Protest", "module_title": "Injustice and Protest", "short_title": "Injustice & protest", "module_code": "SXY-2013", "marketing_synopsis": "Power relations play a critical role in crime, crime control and criminalisation, three areas that form the core concerns of criminological enquiry. The aim of this module is to enable students to gain a deeper understanding of this critical role. This will be achieved by focusing on discrete areas of inquiry that illustrate the power relations that underpin the certain crimes such as domestic violence and state crime and how crime is managed and punished. This module aims to explore key theoretical ideas and texts on power as it affects individual relationships, organisations and organisational structures, and the State. It analyses a range of phenomena from State uses and abuses of power including extreme violence \u2013 genocide \u2013 to institutional and individual uses and abuses of power.\r\n\r\nWhile the scale at which these various crimes take place ranges from the transnational to the interpersonal, we will consider the extent to which the dynamics of power may have similar elements. For example, processes of demonization of the \u2018other\u2019 may apply both to racist and sexist crimes at an individual level and to crimes of ethnic or gender hatred on a larger scale \u2013 in wars and in genocide. We will examine discourses of power: the ways in which crime and justice, victims and offenders are represented, and the ways in which our understanding of these phenomena are socially constructed.", "delivery_locations": ["Bangor"], "credits": 20, "level": "Level 5", "language_code": "en", "language_name": "English", "semester": "", "semester_months": "", "type": "Optional", "language_choice": false}]}, {"title": "Compulsory Criminology modules", "description": "", "progress": "Group", "rule_summary": "The student must take 40 credits from the modules.", "subgroups": [{"title": "Criminological Theory - Language Choice", "description": "", "progress": "Sub-Group", "rule_summary": "The student must take 20 credits from the modules.", "modules": [{"title": "Criminological Theory", "module_title": "Criminological Theory", "short_title": "Criminological Theory", "module_code": "SXY-2001", "marketing_synopsis": "This module introduces students to the main theoretical approaches and ideas in the contemporary study of crime, social control and victimisation. With a focus on the period from the 19th century up to the present day, the module explores various explanations of criminal behaviour under a theoretical lens, including biological, psychological, and sociological theories. The module thus investigates the origins, principal ideas, and practical implications of these theories to highlight the relevance of criminological ideas to a range of current criminal justice and crime issues.", "delivery_locations": ["Bangor"], "credits": 20, "level": "Level 5", "language_code": "en", "language_name": "English", "semester": "", "semester_months": "", "type": "Compulsory", "language_choice": false}, {"title": "Understanding Crime", "module_title": "Understanding Crime", "short_title": "Deall Trosedd", "module_code": "SCY-2001", "marketing_synopsis": "Mae'r modiwl yn canolbwyntio ar agweddau a syniadau damcaniaethwyr mawr yn yr astudiaeth gyfoes o droseddu, rheolaeth gymdeithasol a dioddefaint. troseddeg yw astudio trosedd a chyfiawnder troseddol", "delivery_locations": ["Bangor"], "credits": 20, "level": "Level 5", "language_code": "cy", "language_name": "Welsh", "semester": "", "semester_months": "", "type": "Compulsory", "language_choice": false}]}, {"title": "Criminal Justice - Language Choice", "description": "", "progress": "Sub-Group", "rule_summary": "The student must take 20 credits from the modules.", "modules": [{"title": "Crime and Justice in Modern Britain", "module_title": "Crime and Justice in Modern Britain", "short_title": "Crime & Justice in Mod Britain", "module_code": "SXY-2002", "marketing_synopsis": "This module aims to build on the introduction to the criminal justice system in England and Wales provided in Year 1 through SXY1007. It will reinforce and advance students' understanding of various measures of crime, and how the main criminal justice agencies operate in particular circumstances and under the demands of increasing international concerns about certain types of crime. Thus, the role, responsibilities and levels of accountability of the main criminal justice agencies will be reviewed in the context of contemporary concerns about specific types of crimes and criminals, such as youth crime, terrorism and state crime, white collar, cyber and organised crime. The module will focus on advancing the discussion of the most dominant debates in criminal justice and penology. In doing so the module aims to advance students\u2019 understanding of criminal justice statistics as well as the value of comparative analysis of criminal justice practices and procedures.", "delivery_locations": ["Bangor"], "credits": 20, "level": "Level 5", "language_code": "en", "language_name": "English", "semester": "", "semester_months": "", "type": "Compulsory", "language_choice": false}, {"title": "Crime and Justice", "module_title": "Crime and Justice", "short_title": "Trosedd a Chyfiawnder", "module_code": "SCY-2003", "marketing_synopsis": "Mae'r modiwl hwn yn adeiladu ar y cyflwyniad i'r system gyfiawnder troseddol yng Nghymru a Lloegr a ddarperir ym Mlwyddyn 1 sef SCY1004. Bydd yn atgyfnerthu a chynyddu dealltwriaeth myfyrwyr o wahanol fesurau trosedd a sut Mae'r prif asiantaethau troseddol yn gweithredu o dan ofynion pryderon cynyddol ar lefel rhyngwladol. Felly, bydd r\u00f4l, cyfrifoldebau a lefelau atebolrwydd y prif asiantaethau cyfiawnder troseddol yn cael eu hadolygu yng nghyd-destun pryderon cyfoes am fathau penodol o droseddau a throseddwyr, megis troseddau ieuenctid, terfysgaeth, seiber a throseddau trefniadol. Bydd y modiwl yn canolbwyntio ar hyrwyddo trafodaeth o'r dadleuon mwyaf blaenllaw mewn cyfiawnder troseddol a system gosb. 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On the experimental side we concentrate on haemodynamic (fMRI and PET) and electrophysiological (ERP and neural recording) techniques. On the the theoretical side, we review models of neural encoding, learning and representation, and consider how these may be used to explain cognitive/behavioural data. 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