Task:
After each podcast that you listen to you should write up a summary of what was discussed (500 words will suffice). You should then come up with 2 questions on something that you would like to know more about because of listening and research the answers to these questions. This should be then put in your ‘super curricular’ section in your folder for teacher review.
“University of Oxford” – 46 episodes to choose from.
Problems of long-term imprisonment podcast
Moving targets, reputational risks, rights and accountability and punishment
Pervasive punishment and making sense of mass supervision
“Criminology – Spotify Channel” – 100+ episodes containing information on a number of case studies
Specific useful podcasts:
Debt and Wealth Inequality
Prison violence, sound and survival
Crime Stories
Gender and Radicalisation
Opioids
Prison Abolition
Secret Life of Prisons – Apple / – Secret Life of Prisons – 100+ episodes
Specific useful podcasts:
Live at Clinks Conference 2026 | Lord James Timpson and Anne Fox
Inside a Drug Recovery Wing | Wayne Hickman and Ash
What is criminology? | Live from the University of Greenwich | Shahid Amin and Dr Ruth Armstrong
The extreme far-right in prison | Nigel Bromage and Graham Finochio
The most serious development in decades | Michael Kennedy and Ian Vandersluys
What can we learn about the future of criminal justice from the budget? | Matthew Torbitt and Ben Zaranko
Miscarriages of Justice | Andrew Malkinson and Emily Bolton
Being released homeless | Michael Sloane and Matt Gannon
Task:
If you visit somewhere on the list below you should write up what you saw and learnt throughout your visit. I would like you to highlight the 3 most interesting aspects of the visit and how this has shaped your viewpoint.
The Policing Museum.
Local Magistrates’ Court.
The Royal Courts of Justice.
Crime scene investigation workshops – look at university websites to see what they are offering
Join Police Cadets
Volunteer roles: Victim Support, Youth mentoring, NSPCC, Refuge.
Free Online Crime and Criminology Courses
https://www.futurelearn.com/subjects/politics-and-society-courses/crime-and-criminology
Attend virtual university lectures: UCL, Portsmouth, Manchester, Cardiff University often post tasters online.
https://www.southwales.ac.uk/study/short-taster-courses/criminology-taster-courses/
Suggested Activities to Strengthen UCAS & Career Skills
Task:
Make sure you write up your notes around each of these activities.
Compare biological vs sociological causes of crime.
Evaluate the effectiveness of punishment vs rehabilitation.
Analyse how media presents crime – accuracy vs bias.
Investigate the ethics of undercover policing.
Task:
After reading you should write up a summary of what was discussed (500 words will suffice). You should then come up with 2 questions on something that you would like to know more about because of your reading and research the answers to these questions. This should be then put in your ‘super curricular’ section in your folder for teacher review.
The Conversation – Articles on Criminal Justice
Tim Newburn “Criminology a Very short introduction”
“Criminal: The Truth About Why People Do Bad Things – Tom Gash”
https://www.britsoccrim.org/publications/ – Publications from The British Society of Criminology – able to sign up to their Newsletter and be informed on upcoming conferences
Task:
After watching you should write up a summary of what was shown (500 words will suffice). You should then come up with 2 questions on something that you would like to know more about because of what you watched and research the answers to these questions. This should be then put in your ‘super curricular’ section in your folder for teacher review.
Louis Theroux: Miami Mega Jail – Insight into jail culture and penal policy
Dispatches” (Channel 4) – Regular investigations into policing, justice, and social issues –
Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis (BBC iPlayer)
Cold Case Investigators: Solving Britain’s Sex Crimes (BBC iPlayer)
Panorama: Series (BBC iPlayer) –
Crime Scene Cleaners (Channel 4)
JCS – Criminal Psychology – YouTube Channel
The dark secrets of a jailed cyber-criminal | Global News Podcast
Fighting the crime gangs taking over the UK high streets | BBC News
Criminal network behind UK mini-marts enables migrants to work illegally, BBC finds | BBC News
The UK teens sent to Africa to escape knife crime – BBC News
“Criminology Web YouTube Channel”
Strain Theory / Anomie by Robert K. Merton in Criminology and Sociology
Rational Choice Theory in Sociology and Criminology Explained
Differential Association Theory: Sutherland’s Sociology and Criminology of Deviance Explained
Cesare Lombroso: Theory of Crime, Criminal Man and Atavism