Our MSc Criminology offers you cutting-edge insights into crime, punishment and justice in today’s world through an exploration of criminological theory and current real-world issues. You will also be able to tailor your studies to your preferred specialism by pursuing one of five different pathways: Criminal Justice Gender and Sexuality Race and Criminal Justice Global Perspectives Public Policy. Why choose this course? This course enables you to engage with the complexity of contemporary criminology and critically assess the political, economic, social and cultural forces that affect crime and its control. It provides you with an opportunity to deepen your knowledge and display expertise to future employers by tailoring your studies to a pathway of your choosing. You will be taught by leading critical criminologists and active researchers at the Institute for Crime and Justice Policy Research, who are at the forefront of generating new knowledge on contemporary criminal justice issues, such as policing and the policed, courts and the judicial process, prisons and the use of imprisonment, fraud and digital technologies. What you will learn The MSc Criminology is ideal if you have a keen interest in crime and wish to better understand the key issues facing criminal justice today. To specialise further, you will be able to choose one of the following pathways: Criminal Justice: influential criminological theories and approaches with a focus on criminal behaviour, crime control and criminal justice in the twenty-first century. Gender and Sexuality: gendered and sexual violence, the regulation of sex and sexuality, and issues of sexual justice. Race and Criminal Justice: the intersection of race and ethnicity with questions of crime and justice, and how social, political and economic processes define, construct and respond to crime and victims in a racialised manner. Global Perspectives: debates about the relationship between global, national and local questions of crime and punishment, as well as how they are researched. Public Policy: insights and skills in the area of policy analysis and development. Compulsory modules offer you advanced knowledge of contemporary criminological theory and the chance to learn cutting-edge research methods so you can complete an original research project. Option modules allow you to explore criminological debates on racial, social and gendered (in)justice, global perspectives and policy responses. How you will learn You can choose between full- and part-time study on this course. It has an evening timetable with classes taking place in the evening. These include lectures, seminars and tutorials, alongside your independent work. Our teaching methods are designed to support your learning and give you the opportunity to develop skills relevant to your career. This course is part of our Birkbeck Flexible Master’s UK, which gives you the choice of how you want to study - on campus, online or via flexible learning, which combines both. If you require a Student visa to study in the UK, you will only be able to apply for the on-campus study option for this course. Online and flexible options will not be available to you because they may affect the conditions of your visa.