MA Comparative Criminology
Course overview
This Masters course allows you to explore many of the rich and varied components of comparative criminology through the focusing in turn on aspects of contemporary justice, social harms, violence, oppression, the penal system and its reform, transnational policing, and past and current controversies in the criminal justice system.
Key highlights
- Explores contemporary justice, social harms, violence and oppression
- Examines the penal system and approaches to its reform
- Covers transnational policing from a comparative perspective
- Analyses past and current controversies in criminal justice
Entry requirements
- Degree: 2:2 — to include Humanities-based subject; or above
Scholarships
Academic Excellence Postgraduate Scholarship
Value of scholarship: £4,000
Up to £4,000Alumni Scholarship
Value: £2k for Second class honours Or £3k for First class achievement.
Chevening Scholarship
Careers this course leads to
- Criminologist
- Policy analyst (criminal justice)
- Probation officer
- Crime and intelligence analyst
- Youth justice worker
- Researcher in criminology
Cost of study
UK/Home: £10490 per year | International: £16950 per year
Admission
Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to University of Wolverhampton, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.
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