MA Criminology and Criminal Justice
Lincoln, United Kingdom
DURATION
2 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
EUR 17,100 *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* international full-time | £95 per credit international part-time
Introduction
The MA in Criminology and Criminal Justice challenges students to engage with contemporary issues faced by the criminal justice system from both a criminological and legal perspective.
In the 21st Century, the means by which we respond as a society to crime and victimisation is under greater scrutiny than ever before. How we respond to cases of historic sexual abuse, the use of imprisonment as a just and effective means of punishing or rehabilitating criminals, and the challenges posed by organised crime and international terrorism, mean criminological and legal scholarship are being brought to the forefront.
This course is designed to equip students with the conceptual tools needed to engage with such issues, imparting a broad range of cognitive, analytical, and general transferable skills including judging and evaluating evidence, interpreting data, generating and synthesising information, and formulating reasoned arguments.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Several scholarship options are available. Please check the University of Lincoln website for more information.
Curriculum
- Comparative Penology and Penal Policy (Core)
- Critiquing Criminological Theory (Core)
- Dissertation (Criminology and Criminal Justice) (Core)
- Introduction to Criminal Justice 1 (Core)
- Introduction to Criminal Justice 2 (Core)
- Researching Social and Political Sciences (Core)
- Dangerousness, Offenders and Public Protection (Option)†
- Gender, Deviance, Crime and Society (Option)†
- International Criminal Justice (Option)†
- Police Powers: National and International Perspectives (Option)†
- Terrorism (Option)†
- Victims and Violent Crimes (Option)†
† Some courses may offer optional modules. The availability of optional modules may vary from year to year and will be subject to minimum student numbers being achieved. This means that the availability of specific optional modules cannot be guaranteed. Optional module selection may also be affected by staff availability.
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
Criminology graduates can pursue work in a variety of different areas including the civil service, police, academia, and the National Probation Service, although the combination of both criminological and legal analysis covered by the course offers graduates a wide array of different career choices.