MA Criminal Justice Studies and Policing – (M.A.)

Contents

This course has five compulsory modules. You also take one or two of the optional modules, depending on which module options you choose.

Compulsory modules

Criminal Justice Processes explores the complex and dynamic nature of the criminal justice process and the relationships that can exist between its components. You will investigate the different impact of the criminal justice process on specific social groups and examine the rights, and experiences, of individuals within criminal justice processes.

Policing 1: The Nature of Contemporary Policing provides you with an outline of the history of policing, with particular reference to the establishment of the New Police, the nature of contemporary police forces, and their organisational structures and working cultures. You will also examine operational policing, including a description of different policing styles, police powers and an analysis of their use in practice.

Policing 2: Police Accountability describes the relationships between policing institutions and formal central and local governmental bodies with reference to their legal, political, social and cultural implications. You will also examine structures and processes of police accountability, at both the micro -- individual complaints, civil actions -- and macro - policy -- levels.

Research Methods focuses on the mechanics of the research process: how to formulate research questions, design research strategies and generally go about the process of 'researching.'

Dissertation allows you to tailor your own programme of training and research in consultation with a member of staff drawn from the school's MA/PhD supervisory panel. Recent MA dissertations have covered the following range of subject areas: police management, the policing of gun crime, and the use of deadly force by the police.

Optional modules

* Criminal Justice Policies, Perspectives and Research
* International Criminal Justice
* Forensic Process
* Advanced Cybercrime: Computers and Crime in the Information Age
* Family, Law and Society