22,603 CADTuition Fee/year
Jan-2000Starting Month
Programme overview
Main Subject
Law and Legal Studies
Degree
MA
Study Level
Masters
The primary aim of the graduate program at the Centre for
Criminology and Sociolegal Studies is to provide students with opportunities
for advanced multi‑disciplinary study and supervised research experience in
the areas of crime, the administration of criminal justice, and social studies
of law and regulation. Students will be familiarized with existing bodies of
criminological and sociolegal research, and develops critical, analytical and
methodological skills. It is not a training program in forensic science, nor in
professional legal studies. The graduate program is identified with two fields:
criminology and sociolegal studies. The criminology field includes the study of
patterns in crime, criminal behaviour, and the administration of criminal
justice. Subject areas include, for example, theories of crime and order,
politics and crime, the psychology of criminal behaviour, policing, the
criminal process, sentencing, penology, youth crime and justice, and criminal
justice history. The sociolegal studies field includes the study of how various
types of law (e.g., criminal, civil, administrative, regulatory), as well as
different mechanisms of social regulation, are used to prevent manage and
sanction harmful conduct and effect security. Subject areas include, for
example, theoretical perspectives on law and society; regulation, law, crime,
and the economy; and, risk, regulation, and security.
Programme overview
Main Subject
Law and Legal Studies
Degree
MA
Study Level
Masters
The primary aim of the graduate program at the Centre for
Criminology and Sociolegal Studies is to provide students with opportunities
for advanced multi‑disciplinary study and supervised research experience in
the areas of crime, the administration of criminal justice, and social studies
of law and regulation. Students will be familiarized with existing bodies of
criminological and sociolegal research, and develops critical, analytical and
methodological skills. It is not a training program in forensic science, nor in
professional legal studies. The graduate program is identified with two fields:
criminology and sociolegal studies. The criminology field includes the study of
patterns in crime, criminal behaviour, and the administration of criminal
justice. Subject areas include, for example, theories of crime and order,
politics and crime, the psychology of criminal behaviour, policing, the
criminal process, sentencing, penology, youth crime and justice, and criminal
justice history. The sociolegal studies field includes the study of how various
types of law (e.g., criminal, civil, administrative, regulatory), as well as
different mechanisms of social regulation, are used to prevent manage and
sanction harmful conduct and effect security. Subject areas include, for
example, theoretical perspectives on law and society; regulation, law, crime,
and the economy; and, risk, regulation, and security.
Admission Requirements
93+
7+
3+
Jan-2000
Tuition fees
Domestic
8,491 CAD
International
22,603 CAD
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