Criminology Mphil - Police and policing

University of Leicester

We offer PhD and MPhil supervision in Criminology in areas compatible with the research interests of our academic staff including:Causes of crimeVictimisation and victimologyCrime prevention and security studiesProbation, prisons and offender rehabilitationGender crime and violenceHate crime and social justiceForensic science and psychology in criminal justicePolice and policingSecurity and terrorismTo be awarded the degree of Master of Philosophy, the research student must satisfy the examiners by means of a thesis which demonstrates a satisfactory record of research, a broad knowledge and understanding of the field of study and associated research techniques, and shows that these have been successfully applied. The thesis must present evidence of a critical survey of knowledge in the discipline but does not need to make a distinct and original contribution to knowledge of their discipline or to be of publishable quality. For research students registered for the degree of MPhil and who will submit a practice-based thesis, both the critical/reflective component and the practice component of the thesis must form a coherent whole which meets the requirements for the award of the degree.