MA Criminology course content
This course has four compulsory modules. You also take one or two of the optional modules, depending on which module options you choose.
Compulsory modules
Researching Crime and Justice focuses on the mechanics of the research process: how to formulate research questions, design research strategies and generally go about the process of 'researching.'
Criminal Justice Policies, Perspectives and Research will investigate contemporary policy debates and perspectives in criminal justice and crime control. You will study criminal justice policy within the context of broader social changes and political and ideological processes, and consider the ways in which policy debates inform, and are informed by, broader perspectives on criminal justice and the politics of crime control.
Dissertation allows you to tailor your own programme of training and research in consultation with a member of staff drawn from the school's MA/PhD supervisory panel.
Theories of Crime, Justice and Control explores the nature of contemporary trends and shifts within crime control and criminology through the examination of a number of key cutting-edge theoretical ideas, concepts and perspectives that enhance an understanding of the governance of crime.
Optional modules
- Policing 1: The Nature of Contemporary Policing
- Contemporary Imprisonment
- International Criminal Justice
- Policing 2: Police Accountability
- Advanced Cybercrime: computers and crime in the information age
- Transnational Crime
Key Information
Start Date: September
Duration:
12 months full-time
24 months part-time
Entry requirements:
an upper second honours degree in law or social sciences, or non-UK equivalent.
Scholarships
Funding information
Admissions Contact
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