MA Criminology And Social Policy

Entry requirements
You will need:
a minimum 2.1 Honours degree in a relevant subject e.g. Criminology, Sociology, Social Policy
Additional information
Non-standard applications are welcome
IELTS 6.5 (minimum 5.5 in each component) or equivalent
Pearson PTE Academic requirements: 64 (minimum 59 in each component for UKVI purposes)
RPL is accepted on this programme.
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Employability
Further your career prospects
LJMU has an excellent employability record with 96% (HESA 2018) of our postgraduates in work or further study six months after graduation. Our applied learning techniques and strong industry connections ensure our students are fully prepared for the workplace on graduation and understand how to apply their knowledge in a real world context.
The MA Criminology and Social Policy degree would be particularly relevant to people working in, or hoping to work in, a range of fields including:
research
academia
charities and community organisations
children, young people’s and youth justice fields
the investigation of miscarriages of justice
social work, prison and probation services
policing
media research
writing and journalism teaching
policy and administration
government
victim support

This module aims to provide students with the opportunity to critically analyse key issues in contemporary criminal justice at an advanced level
Dissertation
The module is intended as a learning device, which will demonstrate the student’s capacity to apply knowledge learned throughout the MSc Criminal Psychology and Criminal Justice course as a whole, in an appropriate and substantial manner This module provides students with a comprehensive and critical guide to both the theory and practical applications that currently exist within practice using criminal behaviour models. It will use case examples, published journals, some that have been authored by the staffing team, to illustrate the application of these models and how they are applied by professionals
Research methods
This module aims to give students a comprehensive and critical guide to both the theory and practice of research on criminal behaviour and the criminal justice process. It will link theories to the practical issues relating to doing these kinds of research, using case studies to illustrate the possible difficulties which students may face when doing research for themselves (including political and ethical obstacles)