MSc in Criminology

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Hello,

Just wanted to know peoples thoughts and opinions on a degree or an MSc in criminology. My girlfriend is currently looking at courses for post-grad, and coming from a Business course she is possibly looking at a change of direction.

Any comments and opinions welcome, even if you know people and have not been on such a course yourself opinions would be welcomed.

Thanks,

Tom
 
It's pretty interesting, did a module in criminology a couple of years back. Can't remember a great deal but obviously it involves criminals motives etc. Not entirely sure how useful it is, although I'm sure the police would look upon it favourably.
 
Being a little bit ignorant here I suppose, but I havn't actually heard of that as such.

Is it some spin off of psychology or applied chemistry?
 
Its essentially a Sociology module expanded into an entire degree with elements of Psychology and Biology.

Worth doing, probably. Its very interesting stuff all though its not as immediately applicable as some thing like Business.
 
You have to be relatively careful with MSc selection because they are comparatively specialised.

MSc in Criminology is potentially good, although if you give us the context of what your gf hopes to gain from the qualification we should be able to advise you better
 
I was under the impression (As a police applicant) these course were mostly for the benefit of Police officers looking to further their careers. No doubt it would be relevant to lots of other people though - what career does she have in mind for afterwards?
 
Never seen the point in doing a degree in criminality, your only specialism will be prison service.

Oh wait you meant...

:D
 
I'm doing a BSc in Policing/Police Studies, which involves a fair amount of Criminology and Crim Theory, amongst other things.

Those modules have basically been centred around the main theories (and theorists) within Criminology, looking at how each can be applied to society, and how the context of the period in which it was developed is relevant to the theory itself.

I find it's the most difficult aspect of my course, but it's useful stuff to have if you're planning on entering any kind of job in that area.
 
Excellent, cheers for the advice and comments so far. In answer to a question or to.

Sarah doesn't know where she wants to head into at the moment, however she does like the look of this course and it could potentially give her some direction with which to go into a specific area as a career.

Even if the job area she heads down does not relate much to criminology it would still be a Masters qualification in the end, and having a masters is surely better than not having a masters?
 
One of my colleagues is doing an msc in criminology at notrhumbria university and she loves it.

Its based around the psycological and sociological factors that lead to offending and the way society views criminality.

I thought about doing something like this for a while but I already made my choice a long time ago to do an MA is social work and I think it has paid off just as well as I now work in the jouth justive field where you can complete a foundation degree in ytouth justice that is amore practice based course.

My advice would be find the MA or MSC that has the widest remit for future careers.

edit I should also add that most ma's in social work and social welfare come with a recognised social work qualification (not mine sadly)
 
Criminology is interesting from what I've studied of it but more in the abstract as it doesn't seem to be particularly useful for anything really as the theories are so conflicting.

If your girlfriend is interested then fair enough but given the little I know I wouldn't advise it if she seeks any form of certainty about the reasons for criminal behaviour, they are too diverse to be categorised in simple terms from what I can tell. :)
 
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