MA Criminal Justice
Course Overview
LJMU's MA Criminal Justice is a dynamic postgraduate degree designed to advance your career within the police, probation service, and related agencies. The programme provides a critical examination of the theoretical and policy-driven debates shaping modern crime control and its societal impact. You will develop a sophisticated understanding of policy delivery and evaluate key issues like discriminatory practice and miscarriages of justice.
Key Program Highlights
- Critically analyse the effectiveness and integrity of the criminal justice system
- Evaluate contemporary crime control policy and its cultural consequences
- Develop expertise in research methodologies and data analysis
- Investigate issues of discrimination and the causes of miscarriages of justice
- Tailor your learning through specialised option modules
Course Overview
LJMU's MA Criminal Justice is a dynamic postgraduate degree designed to advance your career within the police, probation service, and related agencies. The programme provides a critical examination of the theoretical and policy-driven debates shaping modern crime control and its societal impact. You will develop a sophisticated understanding of policy delivery and evaluate key issues like discriminatory practice and miscarriages of justice.
Key Program Highlights
- Critically analyse the effectiveness and integrity of the criminal justice system
- Evaluate contemporary crime control policy and its cultural consequences
- Develop expertise in research methodologies and data analysis
- Investigate issues of discrimination and the causes of miscarriages of justice
- Tailor your learning through specialised option modules
Requirements
Modules
- Researching Crime and Criminal Justice
- Key Contemporary Issues in Criminal Justice
- Research Dissertation
- Drugs, Alcohol and Criminal Justice
- Advanced Critical Criminology
- Delivering Rehabilitation
- Youth Justice
- International Dissertation
- The Sociology of Policing
- International Crime, Justice and Human Rights
