Study Details: 1 year
Take a fresh perspective on the world of criminology. Engaging with cutting-edge debates in criminology, you’ll look at some of the most recent and advanced intellectual developments from around the world in relation to crime, (in)justice, and social harm.
MA Criminology at Liverpool John Moores University offers critical approaches to the study of crime, social harm and criminal justice.
Created by passionate subject specialists, this masters programme will help you develop advanced skills in research and theory, with a specific focus on policy and practice. You will take a fresh perspective on the world of criminology.
The study of Criminology is not just about the institutions of the criminal justice system. You will be encouraged to take a critical approach that examines issues of power, inequalities and social harm.
This interdisciplinary MA gives you the chance to look at Criminology from the perspective of various other disciplines such as Geography, History, Philosophy, Psychology, Political Science and Sociology.
As well as developing your advanced skills in research and theoretical application, the programme places a strong emphasis on the implications for policy and practice. It includes a strong comparative component, encouraging students to consider some of the international dimensions of crime, social harm and state responses to them.
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Modules are designated core or optional in accordance with professional body requirements, as applicable, and LJMU’s Academic Framework Regulations. Whilst you are required to study core modules, optional modules provide you with an element of choice. Their availability may vary and will be subject to meeting minimum student numbers.
Where changes to modules are necessary these will be communicated as appropriate.
Core modules
Researching Crime, Justice and Society
30 credits
Alternative Criminologies
30 credits
Optional modules
Postgraduate International Fieldwork
30 credits
Welfare and Punishment
30 credits
Criminological (Re)presentations
30 credits
Inequalities & Injustice
30 credits
State, Power, Justice
30 credits
Practice-Based Research Project
60 credits
Dissertation
60 credits
Atrocity Crimes
30 credits
Digital Harms
30 credits
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