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MSc Crime Science with Serious Organised Crime

  • DeadlineStudy Details: 1 year - 5 years

Masters Degree Description

This interdisciplinary Crime Science with Serious Organised Crime MSc shows you how to use science-based approaches to detect and disrupt organised crime networks and groups. Using these tools, you’ll rise to the challenge, reducing harms and mitigating the influence of organised criminals who persistently target some of the most vulnerable members of our society.

Entry Requirements

Normally a minimum of a second-class Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline from a UK university or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard. Relevant disciplines include science subjects, for example engineering or computer science; or social science subjects, for example, psychology, criminology or geography. Alternatively candidates may qualify for entry if they can offer five or more years of relevant professional experience (for example in the police service, or as a crime prevention worker).

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Fees

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Student Destinations

Our graduates are fully equipped for exciting careers on the frontlines of crime science, in areas such as intelligence and crime prevention analysis. The knowledge and skills you’ll gain from this programme will also qualify you for high-level jobs in research and policy, ranging from the civil service and academia to NGOs and think-tanks.

Module Details

Compulsory modules

  • Foundations of Security and Crime Science
  • Perspectives on Organised Crime
  • Human trafficking, smuggling and exploitation
  • Security and Crime Science Dissertation
  • Qualitative Research Methods
  • Understanding Multivariate Modelling and Causal Inference
  • Preventing Crimes
  • Crime Mapping and Spatial Analysis
  • Investigation and Detection
  • Intelligence Gathering and Analysis
  • Prevention and Disruption
  • Risk and Contingency Planning
  • Introduction to Cybersecurity
  • Cybercrime
  • Horizon Scanning and the Changing Nature of Crime
  • "Economic Crime: Past, Present and Future"

Optional modules

  • Qualitative Research Methods
  • Understanding Multivariate Modelling and Causal Inference
  • Preventing Crimes
  • Crime Mapping and Spatial Analysis
  • Investigation and Detection
  • Intelligence Gathering and Analysis
  • Prevention and Disruption
  • Risk and Contingency Planning
  • Introduction to Cybersecurity
  • Cybercrime
  • Horizon Scanning and the Changing Nature of Crime
  • "Economic Crime: Past, Present and Future"
  • reasonable adjustments
  • Student Support and Wellbeing Services
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