Postgraduate Prospectus 2013 - Swansea University

Criminal Justice and Criminology
Research opportunities
MPhil/PhD
RAE2008 60% of research rated
world-leading (4*) or internationally
excellent (3*)
Professors
K Haines
P Raynor
Academic and research staff 9
Postgraduates 21
Criminology is the study of why people
commit unlawful acts; how – and why –
we characterise crime in the way we do,
and how the criminal justice system
works. It encompasses a range of
academic fields, including history, social
policy, politics, and sociology, to provide
a view of crime from a social and
individual perspective, and it looks
critically at how the sentencing system
works.
The Department welcomes proposals
for postgraduate research projects that
complement the staff research strengths
detailed below.
Research degrees in Criminal Justice
and Criminology will:
• equip you with advanced skills relevant
for a rewarding career in the criminal
justice system
• provide you with new and specialised
research skills
• prepare you for a career in academic
research and teaching
Entry requirements:
Normally an appropriate Honours degree
(2.1 or above), or an equivalent
qualification.
English Language requirement:
IELTS 6.5 (with a minimum of 5.5 in each
component) or Swansea University
recognised equivalent.
Research Strengths
The Department is an approved research
training pathway in the Welsh Doctoral
Training Centre which means that it has
been recognised by the ESRC as
delivering excellent postgraduate training.
Research undertaken by members of the
Department encompasses a broad range
of interests, including:
• youth justice
• probation
• community sentencing
• crime prevention
• substance use
• restorative justice
• female offending
• white collar crime
• sexual offending
• street prostitution
• domestic abuse
• children’s rights in the criminal
justice system
Scholarships and Bursaries
A range of postgraduate scholarships and
bursaries is available. For details, visit:
www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate/
scholarships
The CCJC has attracted substantial research
funding from the ESRC, the Home Office,
the Welsh Assembly Government, the
Youth Justice Board and the Department for
International Development. PhD research
studentships are frequently advertised for
posts associated with particular projects.
Centre for Criminal Justice
and Criminology
The Centre for Criminal Justice and
Criminology (CCJC) was established in
1994 as a focus for criminological
research and teaching at the University,
and works in collaboration with other
Colleges, universities and partner
agencies. It provides an undergraduate
degree in Criminology and an MA in
Applied Criminal Justice and Criminology
as well as supervising research degrees
at MPhil and PhD level.
The Centre has taken a central role in
the development of the cross-institutional
Welsh Centre for Crime and Social Justice,
funded by the Higher Education Funding
Council for Wales, and contributes to
research partnerships and funding
proposals as part of the Centre. The
Centre’s aims and objectives include:
• to generate new applied criminological
research-based knowledge
• to promote and conduct criminal
justice and criminological research of
international significance in Wales and
other member States of the European
Community
How can I find out more?
Visit our website:
www.swansea.ac.uk/criminology
Contact the Admissions Tutor:
Dr Stephen Case
Email: s.p.case@swansea.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)1792 295308
• to promote the dissemination of:
i) criminal justice and criminological
research, and ii) policy and practice
knowledge across Europe through
an effective publishing strategy and
membership of European professional
associations
• to develop an interdisciplinary and
intercollegiate approach to the
conduct of research
• to provide teaching of the highest
quality in the application of criminal
justice and criminological knowledge
to the operation of the criminal
justice system
ESRC Wales Doctoral Training Centre
Criminology at Swansea University has
won a coveted place in the national
network of training centres accredited by
the ESRC as part of the Wales Doctoral
Training Centre. The Wales Doctoral
Training Centre (Wales-DTC) is awarding
a number of ESRC-funded postgraduate
research studentships to support doctoral
research and training. The Wales DTC is
a consortium of leading universities which
was launched in February 2011 with a
multi-million pound award from the
Economic and Social Research Council.
The partner institutions are Cardiff,
Aberystwyth, Bangor and Swansea.
Visit the University:
see page 174 for details
Applications can be made online
at: www.swansea.ac.uk/applyonline
– see pages 176 – 177 for further
information
For details of Master’s courses available
in Criminology, please see page 44.
The DTC was established to promote
excellence in postgraduate training in
Wales. It forms part of a national network
of 21 accredited Doctoral Training
Centres across the UK judged by
the ESRC to deliver truly excellent
postgraduate training provision. A
central feature of the Wales DTC is the
research training provision offered to
students. In Criminology at Swansea you
will be offered a mix of generic research
training (in, for example, qualitative and
quantitative methods) and subject specific
research training where we focus on
applying research methods to
Criminological enquiry.
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