About this course:

• The course offers a distinctive theoretical and policy aspect of the subject.
• On completion of the course students wiil graduate with an extensive vocationally relevant and and policy-orientated knowledge of crime and responses to crime, drawing on examples from across the world.
• Students also develop a critical awareness of the current philosophical, theoretical and methodological problems, debates, and insights that shape the discipline.
• The emphasis on policy is specifically designed to offer a more vocationally relevant course of Masters-level study that will be more pertinent if students are seeking a policy-orientated career in the Home Office, government office of the regions, local government and crime and disorder reduction partnerships.
• The Criminology team regularly invites renowned experts and professionals to the University to provide an insight into their specialist knowledge and experiences.
• Past speakers have included Superintendent Paul Giannasi, Programme Manager of the Cross-Governmental Hate Crime Strategy and Len Jackson OBE, Interim Chair of the Independent Police Complaints Commission.