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Opleiding: Criminology MA
Learning purpose
The Criminology Crime, Conflict and Control Masters at Middlesex in London has a national and international reputation as one of the leading post-graduate courses in the UK. It has a long history having begun life as the MA Deviancy and Social Policy in 1972.
The course will expand your knowledge and understanding of crime and criminal justice at national and international levels. It promotes a critical and comparative approach to these issues and will enable and equip you to apply traditional and contemporary criminological perspectives and methods to rapidly changing problems and concerns.
You will have the opportunity to attend common study sessions with postgraduate criminologists studying in universities across Europe including Athens, Barcelona, Ghent, Hamburg and Rotterdam and also at John Jay College in New York.
Staff on the course are all members of the Crime and Conflict Research Centre and are involved in developing innovative and pioneering work not only in the areas of crime, policing, community safety, justice and victimisation, but also in the broader field of conflict, social movements, international conflicts, political violence and terrorism.
Programme
The programme is designed to equip students with the knowledge and skills required to investigate and analyse problems of crime, conflict and control. It combines two core modules offering a sophisticated understanding of contemporary criminological theory, methods, issues and debates with two optional modules (selected from the list below) that enable students to focus on areas of special interest including institutions of criminal justice, community safety, drugs, youth and adult offending and comparative perspectives on each of these areas. In addition, all students complete a 15,000 word dissertation under the supervision of a member of staff on their topic of choice.
This programme is based at our flagship Hendon campus.
Full-time students attend formal teaching up to two days a week; part-time students one day a week.
Modules are assessed via a range of coursework including essays, a research proposal, seminar presentations, book reviews and a dissertation.
- Community Safety (30 Credits) - Optional
- For the first time in 1998 local authorities and police forces were charged with the responsibility with other agencies of developing policies to address crime and disorder in their localities in general, and in high crime neighbourhoods in particular: Crime and disorder reduction has become a dominant issue on local and national governments agendas. This module will enable students to understand and analyse developments in crime and disorder reduction in urban localities and their implications. This module therefore aims to examine crime and disorder in its socio-spatial aspects, exploring the variety of ways of understanding urban and neighbourhood dimensions of crime in the contemporary context, local modes of regulation and national-level policies to deal with neighbourhood problems, their problems and merits. Criminology at Middlesex University in its orientation is concerned with issues of crime, deviance and interpersonal violence. The module gives students knowledge designed to acquaint them with core knowledge and skills and some practical experience.
- Contemporary Criminology - Theory and Research (30 Credits) - Compulsory
- To acquaint students with major theoretical positions and debates in criminology. To identify key issues that criminologists need to explain and to evaluate the strength of different kinds of explanation. To demonstrate and illustrate the links between criminological theory and research and to explore the relationship between criminological theory and research and criminal justice policy and practice To acquaint students with the principal research methodologies deployed in criminological investigation To equip students with the core skills involved in conducting criminological research.
- Contemporary Issues in Youth and Adult Offending (30 Credits) - Optional
- Criminology at Middlesex University in its orientation is concerned with issues of crime and interpersonal violence. Within this context crimes committed against children illustrates graphically their relative powerlessness. The module critically examines the nature and context of youth offending, victimisation and the systems in place to deal with this. It also covers the changing nature of how the state deals with adult offenders from historical, theoretical and practice perspectives. Probation practice is a key theme of adult offender intervention and the changing nature of offender management is examined since probations inception in 1907.
- Crime, Conflict and Control (30 Credits) - Compulsory
- This module aims to introduce students to key debates about conflict between groups and the variety of attempts to defuse, manage, repress or govern them. The module gives students specialised knowledge of the complex ways in which sociology and criminology try to understand conflict, change, social movements and political violence. Both institutional and anti-institutional violence are discussed, along with the controversies surrounding the definitions of violence and terrorism in the different epochs. The module examines in detail the contributions of the major schools of thought, along with the most recent sociological-criminological analysis of authorised and unauthorised political violence.
- Critical Issues in Criminal Justice (30 Credits) - Optional
- This module deals with policy issues and debates relating to the criminal justice system. The aim is to understand the interrelated role of the various parts of the criminal justice system and the impact of recent social and political changes on the working of the criminal justice institutions. In addition the module aims to enhance your ability to critically evaluate the effectiveness of criminal justice institutions and formulate alternative policies in this area.
- Dissertation in Criminology: Crime Conflict and Control (60 Credits) - Compulsory
- This module provides students with the opportunity to develop a detailed and advanced understanding of a particular aspect of crime and the criminal justice system. Students will define their own topic area, conduct a comprehensive review of existing knowledge on the subject, formulate a methodology for conducting their own enquiries and write an in depth report of the findings of their research. Alternatively, students may choose to conduct a theoretically oriented piece of work involving the systematic analysis of an issue or area of policy/practice.
- Drugs, Crime and Criminology Distance Learning (30 Credits) - Optional
- This module aims to develop skills in the application of criminological theories and concepts in relation to drugs, drug use and drugs control and in critically analysing the relationship between drugs and crime. Students will critically evaluate the laws, policies and institutions of drugs control and their social, political and economic contexts and compare and contrast the role of the criminal justice system in responding to drugs in various countries. The module also aims to foster a critical interest in the reform of drugs control policy and institutions.
- International Comparative Criminology (30 Credits) - Option
This module aims to engage students in the criminological debate across Europe and the rest of the world. It considers the nature of crime control governance at the international level and explores issues of criminological interest from a transnational perspective. The module aims to allow students to focus in depth on key comparative international studies as well as to question the validity of the comparative research methods used. In its second half, the module seeks to develop a proficiency in academic presentation skills through the use of an assessed oral paper.
Entry Requirements
We welcome applications from graduates with a good honours degree, or equivalent qualification, in an appropriate subject. We also consider candidates with other relevant qualifications and individuals with a minimum of three years' work experience. Those without formal qualifications need to demonstrate relevant work experience and the ability to study at postgraduate level.
English language requirements
You must have competence in English language and we normally require Grade C GCSE or an equivalent qualification. The most common English Language requirements for international students are IELTS 6.5 or TOEFL (paper based) 575 or TOEFL (internet based) 90 with specified minimum scores for each component.
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