Criminology MA

Comments about Criminology MA - At the institution - London - Greater London

• 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