It will normally take you three years of part-time distance education study to complete this course. By Coursework and Dissertation. This is a fee paying course. The course is practical in nature, with professional relevance to the police, the legal systems and correctional institutions. It has been developed taking into account the occupational interests of psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, legal and criminal personnel, welfare workers, teachers, academics, policy developers and researchers.
Students complete a minor dissertation that is preferably relevant to their work setting.
Admission requirements Entry to the Masters degree is open to those holding an undergraduate degree or equivalent and assumes no previous exposure to Criminology. There are no residential schools for this course. Credit Credit may be given for subjects completed in other courses, e.g. Law. JST520 Theories of Crime and Deviance Examines the definition of the police role in industrial society, characteristics of policing as an occupation, the policing of social divisions and social order and current issues in policing. The application of scientific method to the study of the criminal justice system will be considered.