Criminology and Criminal Justice

The Masters in Criminology & Criminal Justice will help you to better understand the harms and conflicts that we criminalise and penalise, the harms and conflicts that criminalisation and penalisation cause, and how we might develop responses which could create fairer and safer societies rather than exacerbating social inequalities.

WHY THIS PROGRAMME
- This programme involves research-led teaching on cutting-edge topics within criminology, including media and popular culture, violence and victimisation, wildlife and cultural property crime, surveillance, terrorism, migration, and environment/climate change.

- You will develop analytical and research skills, an interdisciplinary knowledge base, and a critical understanding of the settings in which crime and justice policies are devised and implemented.

- You will be taught by leading scholars from the Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research (SCCJR), a centre of excellence for criminology in the UK.

- You will benefit from training opportunities in new, emerging research approaches, such as creative, visual and digital methods.

- We offer a diverse programme of seminars, workshops and working lunches with leading scholars.

- Sociology at Glasgow is ranked 4th in the UK by the Times & Sunday Times Good University Guide 2025 and 4th in the UK by the Complete University Guide 2025.

PROGRAMME STRUCTURE

You will take three core and three optional courses, as well as submit a dissertation on a subject of your choice.

Core courses
Criminal Justice and Injustice
Criminological Theory in Context
PGT Research Design in Practice

Optional courses may include
Crime, Control and the City
Gender, Crime and Criminal Justice
Rethinking Justice
The Global Criminal Economy