This Criminology with Forensic Psychology MA program enables you to combine two complementary subject areas.
The criminology elements will introduce you to the complex nature of crime, harm, and victimization, together with an appreciation of the role of criminal justice systems in crime control, protection, and the delivery of justice.
In the forensic component of the course, you will study investigative and legal processes. For example, how psychological methods can improve interviewing techniques and police decision-making through different profiling methods which are also critically evaluated.
This course is designed for those who have a social science, socio-legal, or policy studies background and who want to develop their knowledge further. The course is open to those who have a good undergraduate degree in a relevant area, and, or, to those whose background is characterized by practitioner experience at an appropriate level in a relevant field.
Reasons to choose Kingston University
- Kingston's location offers opportunities to see the criminal justice system in operation through the close network of courts, prisons, and community-based crime-reduction programs.
- In addition to learning about forensic psychology and the substantive elements of criminological theory, research, and practice, the course examines an array of social harms and perspectives which have traditionally been neglected by criminologists and the legal system.
- The course offers opportunities to learn first-hand experiences of imprisonment, transitions into the community, and the desistance process.
