12 monthsProgramme duration
18,600 GBPTuition Fee/year
SepStarting Month
Programme overview
Main Subject
Law and Legal Studies
Degree
MSc
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
On Campus
This degree combines core modules in criminology and forensic psychology with optional modules on topics including drugs, transnational crime and conflict, policing, terrorism and the major institutions of criminal justice.
The course is of special interest to those without a first degree in psychology but with a particular interest in psychological perspectives on crime and criminal justice.
Features of this highly-regarded postgraduate degree include:
Other research interests within the team include the criminal courts and justice administration; the treatment of mentally disordered offenders; drug policy and practice; violence towards sex workers; collective protest and social movements; organised crime and corruption; and penal abolitionism.
The course will help you to gain a critical appreciation of criminal offending, socio-legal decision-making frameworks, and the range of psycho-social interventions and punishments directed at different offender groups with the aim of providing you with an appreciation and knowledge of the wide range of careers available on successful completion of the course.
The course is of special interest to those without a first degree in psychology but with a particular interest in psychological perspectives on crime and criminal justice.
Features of this highly-regarded postgraduate degree include:
- Expert tutors from both psychology and criminology who have a wealth of specialist knowledge and research experience.
- Professional guest lectures from those working in fields such as offender management, gangs and policing; observational visits to the criminal courts, and visits to an adult prison to build understanding of imprisoned populations and the psycho-social intervention programmes operating within prisons.
- The Common Studies Programme in Critical Criminology presents opportunities to build links with postgraduate criminologists studying in universities across Europe including Athens, Barcelona, Ghent, Hamburg, Rotterdam, and also at John Jay College in New York.
Other research interests within the team include the criminal courts and justice administration; the treatment of mentally disordered offenders; drug policy and practice; violence towards sex workers; collective protest and social movements; organised crime and corruption; and penal abolitionism.
The course will help you to gain a critical appreciation of criminal offending, socio-legal decision-making frameworks, and the range of psycho-social interventions and punishments directed at different offender groups with the aim of providing you with an appreciation and knowledge of the wide range of careers available on successful completion of the course.
Programme overview
Main Subject
Law and Legal Studies
Degree
MSc
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
On Campus
This degree combines core modules in criminology and forensic psychology with optional modules on topics including drugs, transnational crime and conflict, policing, terrorism and the major institutions of criminal justice.
The course is of special interest to those without a first degree in psychology but with a particular interest in psychological perspectives on crime and criminal justice.
Features of this highly-regarded postgraduate degree include:
Other research interests within the team include the criminal courts and justice administration; the treatment of mentally disordered offenders; drug policy and practice; violence towards sex workers; collective protest and social movements; organised crime and corruption; and penal abolitionism.
The course will help you to gain a critical appreciation of criminal offending, socio-legal decision-making frameworks, and the range of psycho-social interventions and punishments directed at different offender groups with the aim of providing you with an appreciation and knowledge of the wide range of careers available on successful completion of the course.
The course is of special interest to those without a first degree in psychology but with a particular interest in psychological perspectives on crime and criminal justice.
Features of this highly-regarded postgraduate degree include:
- Expert tutors from both psychology and criminology who have a wealth of specialist knowledge and research experience.
- Professional guest lectures from those working in fields such as offender management, gangs and policing; observational visits to the criminal courts, and visits to an adult prison to build understanding of imprisoned populations and the psycho-social intervention programmes operating within prisons.
- The Common Studies Programme in Critical Criminology presents opportunities to build links with postgraduate criminologists studying in universities across Europe including Athens, Barcelona, Ghent, Hamburg, Rotterdam, and also at John Jay College in New York.
Other research interests within the team include the criminal courts and justice administration; the treatment of mentally disordered offenders; drug policy and practice; violence towards sex workers; collective protest and social movements; organised crime and corruption; and penal abolitionism.
The course will help you to gain a critical appreciation of criminal offending, socio-legal decision-making frameworks, and the range of psycho-social interventions and punishments directed at different offender groups with the aim of providing you with an appreciation and knowledge of the wide range of careers available on successful completion of the course.
Admission Requirements
59+
2.7+
4+
6+
1 Year
Sep
Tuition fees
Domestic
11,100 GBP
International
18,600 GBP
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