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Birkbeck, University of London

Criminology MSc

BIRKBECK, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON

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Full time | Bloomsbury (Central London) Campus | 1 year | SEP

Study mode

Full time

Duration

1 year

Start date

SEP

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Qualification type

MSc - Master of Science

Subject areas

Criminology

Course Summary

Our 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. This criminology degree provides you with a multidisciplinary platform to:engage with the complexity of contemporary criminologyunderstand 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.Start Date: October 2024, Start date: January 2025Duration: One year

Modules

Contemporary Criminological Theory - Core

This module will provide the core theoretical provision for the MSc Criminology. You will critically engage with the most prevalent and influential criminological theories, concepts and approaches - both those that seek to explain criminal behaviour and those which attempt to explain crime control and criminal justice in the twenty-first century. You will therefore engage with two primary threads of contemporary criminological theory: (1) the branch of theories that seeks to explain crime and criminality in a way that is straightforward and useful for policy makers and practitioners; and (2) the more critical branch of contemporary theory which seeks to explain the dramatic changes to the criminal justice system and the crime control apparatus over the past several decades.

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£21,870

Entry requirements

A second-class honours degree (2:2) or above in the humanities, social sciences or law.

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Birkbeck, University of London is located in Bloomsbury, in the very centre of the UK’s cosmopolitan capital city, and students at the university are ideally placed to experience everything that London has to offer. It offers a portfolio of over 250 taught and research postgraduate programmes spanning a range of subject areas, including the humanities and social sciences, business, law, and science. Students at the university are members...more

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