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Criminology
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Did you know?
In the most recent Research Asessment Exercise: ranked 4th nationally for research quality in the area of social work, social policy and administration, with 70% of our research rated "world-leading" or "internationally excellent".
Kent was ranked 7th in the UK for social policy, in the 2012 Times Good University Guide.
Overview
Criminology has a long and distinguished tradition at Kent with its research base in the Crime, Culture and Control Cluster and the Kent Crime and Justice Centre. The MA was founded by the world-famous criminologist, Professor Jock Young, who continues to teach on the programme. You will also be lectured, supervised and tutored by a team of scholars and researchers internationally renowned for their world-class teaching and publications.
Criminology is an important part of the activities of the School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research (SSPSSR), which is one of the four top institutions of its kind in the UK as ranked by the 2001 and 2008 Research Assessment Exercises. In 2012 we were awarded the first National Award for Excellence in Teaching Criminology by the British Criminology Society in recognition of our innovative approach.
The atmosphere of the School is informal and friendly and there is a lively and diverse postgraduate community. Regular staff/graduate seminars are designed to introduce you to the work of academic staff and research students as well as academic visitors, and they provide opportunities both for sociability and for intellectual stimulation. The large number of academic staff and our favourable staff/student ratios mean that academic staff are readily accessible. Where appropriate, research students may also teach part-time in the School.
Did you know?
In the most recent Research Asessment Exercise: ranked 4th nationally for research quality in the area of social work, social policy and administration, with 70% of our research rated "world-leading" or "internationally excellent".
Kent was ranked 7th in the UK for social policy, in the 2012 Times Good University Guide.
Postgraduate resources
Relevant library and computing facilities are excellent, and all research students are offered desk space in shared offices, accessible at all hours.
Did you know?
In the most recent Research Asessment Exercise: ranked 4th nationally for research quality in the area of social work, social policy and administration, with 70% of our research rated "world-leading" or "internationally excellent".
Kent was ranked 7th in the UK for social policy, in the 2012 Times Good University Guide.
Key information
Dynamic publishing culture
Staff publish regularly and widely in journals, conference proceedings and books. Among others, they have recently contributed to: The British Journal of Criminology; Urban Studies; Theoretical Criminology; Crime, Media, Culture; Ethnography. Details of recently published books can be found within the staff research interests.
The Common Study Programme in Critical Criminology
All Canterbury-based Kent postgraduate students are offered the opportunity to add an international dimension to their criminological study by participating in the Common Studies Sessions in Critical Criminology. This student-led event provides the opportunity to exchange ideas and deliver papers on topics relating to critical, cultural and international criminology at a bi-annual conference run in collaboration with Kent's international criminology partners, which include Erasmus University, Rotterdam; the Universities of Barcelona, Bologna, Ghent, Hamburg, Middlesex, Porto and Utrecht; ELTE, Budapest; the Democritus University of Thrace; the University of the Peloponnese, Corinth; CUNY Graduate Center, New York. The Common Study sessions are hosted by each of the participating institutions in turn.
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|Did you know?
In the most recent Research Asessment Exercise: ranked 4th nationally for research quality in the area of social work, social policy and administration, with 70% of our research rated "world-leading" or "internationally excellent".
Kent was ranked 7th in the UK for social policy, in the 2012 Times Good University Guide.
Contacts
Admissions enquiries
T: +44 (0)1227 827272
E: information@kent.ac.uk
Graduate Admissions
Secretary School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NF, UK
T: +44 (0)1227 827613 / 823086
F: +44 (0)1227 827005
E: sspssr-pg-admin@kent.ac.uk
Did you know?
In the most recent Research Asessment Exercise: ranked 4th nationally for research quality in the area of social work, social policy and administration, with 70% of our research rated "world-leading" or "internationally excellent".
Kent was ranked 7th in the UK for social policy, in the 2012 Times Good University Guide.