Criminology and Criminal Justice
Postgraduate
In Wrexham
Description
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Type
Postgraduate
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Location
Wrexham (Wales)
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Start date
Different dates available
Overview of the programme Criminology and Criminal justice has been taught at Glyndwr for over 14 years by a team of research active lecturers with many years and on-going experience of criminal justice practice. As a result students gain an unprecedented level of insight into criminal justice practice in the UK. This course is ideally suited to anyone seeking to develop a career within the expanding Criminal/Community Justice setting and those wishing to explore areas of particular interest. The course is staffed by academics that are research active, and who maintain strong professional links in the criminal justice field. The course is only available part time and is delivered 100% online, supported by four face to face workshops per year (not compulsory). This makes it appropriate for those in full-time employment as well as international students.
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Subjects
- IT
- Criminology
- Staff
- International
Course programme
- Modules are delivered online via the internet using Moodle Software, allowing excellent flexibility for times and days of study.
- The course is managed by staff with considerable expertise in the field of Criminology and Criminal Justice, with particular interests in youth justice, Constructing Guilt and Innocence, Transgendered people in the Criminal Justice system, Hate Crime, Terrorism in the 21st century , imprisonment, homelessness and Welsh language.
- Staff are engaged in research, publishing in books and journals, as well as presenting papers at International academic conferences.
- The staff group has strong links with employers.
- Students can exit in year one with a Post Graduate Certificate in Community Justice.
- Students can exit in year two with a Post Graduate Diploma in Community Justice
Modules
- Contemporary Crime and Justice
- Research Methodology
- Theorising Crime
- Negotiated Learning (a topic of your choice)
- Risk and Dangerousness
- Children and Young People as Victims and Perpetrators
- Dissertation
The programme is delivered in eight week blocks with students studying one module at a time. Lectures are made available on a Monday morning.
The information listed in this section is an overview of the academic content of the programme that will take the form of either core or option modules. Modules are designated as core or option in accordance with professional body requirements and internal academic framework review, so may be subject to change.
Criminology and Criminal Justice