Master of Arts in Criminology and Social Policy
Master
Online
Description
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Type
Master
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Methodology
Online
To enable students to develop an advanced understanding of cutting-edge developments in the fields of criminology and social policy, with a particular focus upon their intersection through the processes of criminalisation and the workings of institutions of (in)justice.
To enable students to develop a critical awareness of the theoretical and empirical relationships between power and social divisions as they relate to the fields of criminology and social policy.
To help students develop a critical understanding of the social, political and historical processes that affect the ways in which crimes and harms are perpetrated and responded to locally, nationally and internationally.
To prepare students to develop critical discussion and analysis of complex concepts and to work independently and with some originality.
To present students with the opportunity to engage in a sustained piece of in-depth research work which demonstrates an advanced understanding and application of methodology, method and analysis.
To enhance the critical, analytic, research and employability skills of students working within or aspiring to work within Criminology and Social Policy related professions.
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Subjects
- Criminology
- Social Policy
- Criminal Psychology
- Postgraduate
- History
Course programme
- Foundation Courses
- Induction ModuleLJMU-IND-M-100
- Postgraduate Certificate Level
- Critical Criminology and the State: Historical and Contemporary PerspectivesLJMU-7515CSPUC
- Conceptualising Crime, Criminal Justice and Social PolicyLJMU-7512CSPUC
- Postgraduate Diploma Level
- Advanced Research Methods for Social ScienceLJMU-7510CSPUC
- Globalisation and Comparative Social Policy: Crime, Harm and (in)justiceLJMU-7511CSPUC
- Postgraduate Award Level
- DissertationLJMU-7517CSPUC
Master of Arts in Criminology and Social Policy