Criminology

MSc Criminology offers you unique insights into crime, punishment and justice in today’s world. It explores both cutting-edge criminological theory and current real-world phenomena related to crime and punishment.

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MSc (Hons) Criminology

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January | October

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Degree Overview

This criminology degree provides you with a multidisciplinary platform to:

– engage with the complexity of contemporary criminology
– understand and critically assess the complexity of political, economic, social and cultural forces that affect crime and its control.

The MSc Criminology is ideal if you have a keen interest in crime and criminal behaviour and wish to better understand the key issues facing criminal justice today. Not only will you gain advanced knowledge and understanding of contemporary criminological theory, you will also have the opportunity to specialise by pursuing one of four pathways. You will also learn cutting-edge research methods to enable you to complete a substantial, original research project.

Depending on your choice of pathway specialism, you will be awarded one of the following:

MSc Criminology (Criminology and Criminal Justice)
MSc Criminology (Gender, Sexuality and Criminal Justice)
MSc Criminology (Race, Crime and Justice)
MSc Criminology (Global Criminology)

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You may incur additional costs in the course of your education at the university over and above tuition fees in an academic year such as laptops, stationary and additional resources.

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Criminology

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