Criminology MA

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Objectives Criminology is a broad and interdisciplinary subject. This course gives you the opportunity to develop your specialist interests through a range of elective modules based on supervised independent work.
Academic title Criminology MA
Course description What will you study?
The core taught curriculum gives you:

-an in-depth knowledge of contemporary criminal justice policy, practice and politics in local, national and global contexts;
-a critical appreciation of the relationship dynamic between criminological theory and policy making;
-an understanding of the relationship of research to the formation, implementation and evaluation of crime-related policy and practice; and
-an appreciation of current trends in the expansion of criminological issues in the context of globalisation.

A major feature of this course is the fieldwork component, which enables you to gain an understanding of the operational realities of crime-related policies and practices.

Course structure
Please note that this is an indicative list of modules and is not intended as a definitive list.

Core modules
-Criminal Justice in a Global Context
-Managing Offenders in the Modern World
-Frontiers of Criminological Theory
-Research Skills
-Research Proposal Writing
-Work-based Field Work
-Work-based Learning: Analysis and Evaluation
-Dissertation

Optional modules (offered subject to staff expertise)

-Youth Justice
-Mentally Disordered Offenders
-Crimes of the Powerful
-Human Trafficking