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Criminology MA, MPhil, PhD
This is a research programme within the Criminology subject area.
Key facts
- Subject area: Criminology
- Location: Canterbury
- School: School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research (SSPSSR)
- Duration: MA one year full-time or two years part-time, MPhil two years full-time or three years part-time, PhD registration three to four years full-time or five to six years part-time.
- Start: At any time but preferably in September.
- Fees: More info
- Entry requirements: A good honours degree or MA in criminology, criminal justice or a related social science discipline. Please also check our general entry requirements (including English language requirements).
Outline
Across the SSPSSR, there is a breadth and depth of research expertise and we can offer high-quality supervision in a wide range of areas in criminology. There are further details on the research activities and publications of individual members of staff and the School's research units on our website. In addition to regular meetings with individual supervisors, all research students take a research training programme (see Methods of Social Research MA for details).
Joint Supervision/Co-tutelle opportunitiesOur world-class reputation for criminology has enabled us to become a hub for a range of exciting opportunities. Students who study for a PhD with us may jointly register with, and receive additional supervision from, one of our partner institutions across Europe with whom we are presently developing a Doctoral Centre for Global Criminology.
Programme structure
For further information see the School site.
Funding
Every school at Kent offers one or two University postgraduate research scholarships, each available for three years, providing fees at the home/EU rate and a stipend up to £13,590 per annum (2011/12 rate).
Many schools offer scholarships in the form of Graduate Teaching Assistantships (GTAs) whereby postgraduate research students receive financial support in return for teaching. The value of awards may vary, but often cover tuition fees at the home/EU rate and a substantial maintenance grant.
All postgraduate research students are eligible to apply for GTAs. See Graduate Teaching Assistantships.
The School has an excellent track record of being awarded Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) studentship funding. We also offer a number of scholarships and awards for research students.
Doctorate in Cultural and Global Criminology
For full funding details regarding The Doctorate in Cultural and Global Criminology (DCGC) PhD, please see the www.DCGC.eu website
For further details of postgraduate funding, see Postgraduate funding.
View further information about scholarships available in the School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Reseach.
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Resources and facilities
Relevant library and computing facilities are excellent, and all research students are offered desk space in shared offices, accessible at all hours.
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Research group
Crime, Control and Culture
The School has a long-established tradition of conducting criminological research. The group covers a diverse range of topics, employs both qualitative and quantitative methodologies and draws upon different theoretical traditions. We have particular expertise in the following areas: cultural criminology; crime, punishment and social change; drug use; gender, crime and criminal justice; penology and imprisonment (especially of female offenders); policing; quasi-compulsory treatment for drug-using offenders; race, crime and criminal justice; restorative justice and young offenders; crime and the ‘night-time economy', terrorism and political crime; violence; youth crime and youth justice. Present and current research has been funded by the ESRC, the Home Office and the Youth Justice Board.
Staff
Dr Kate Bradley, Dr Phil Carney, Dr Caroline Chatwin, Professor Frank Furedi, Professor Chris Hale, Professor Keith Hayward, Dr Derek Kirton, Dr Anne Logan, Professor Ann Netten, Dr Kate O'Brien, Professor Larry Ray.
Kent Crime and Justice Centre
The School is also home to Kent Crime and Justice Centre (KCJC), which is a collaboration of senior researchers at the University of Kent, based in SSPSSR, the Personal Social Services Research Unit and the Kent Law School. The core members have a multidisciplinary background, which includes sociology, economics, law and statistics, and expertise in sophisticated quantitative techniques, economic modelling and qualitative methods. KCJC has a national and international reputation for interdisciplinary research in the field of criminology and criminal justice. During recent years, the Centre has responded to a high-level demand from the Home Office for evaluative research that incorporates cost-effectiveness, while still ensuring responsiveness to local and regional needs and opportunities.
Staff
Dr Phil Carney, Dr Caroline Chatwin, Dr Jennifer Fleetwood, Professor Chris Hale, Professor Keith Hayward, Dr Johnny Ilan, Professor Roger Matthews, Dr Kate O'Brien, Professor Larry Ray, Professor Kevin Stenson, Professor Jock Young.
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|Staff research
Dr Phil Carney: Lecturer in Criminology; Erasmus and International Co-ordinator; Kent Co-ordinator, Common Study Programme in Critical Criminology
Photographic theory; spectacle; radical criminology; cultural criminology; critical visual culture; post-structuralist critical theory; desire and power; the micropolitics of fascism.
Dr Caroline Chatwin: Lecturer in Criminology
European drug policy; young people and victimisation; drug use and subcultural studies.
Dr Jennifer Fleetwood: Lecturer in Criminology
Gender and crime; drug trafficking; ethnography; narrative; research ethics.
Professor Chris Hale: Professor of Criminology; Director of Kent Criminal Justice Centre; Head of School
How political debates around law and order have affected responses to crime; quantitative analysis of crime data, especially the relationships between crime and fear of crime with wider economic and social changes; evaluations of new interventions and crime reduction strategies; policing; youth crime.
Dr Keith Hayward: Senior Lecturer in Criminology; Director of Studies for Criminology
Criminological theory; youth crime; popular culture; social theory; terrorism and fanaticism; cultural criminology.
Dr Johnny Ilan: Lecturer in Criminology
Ethnography, youth, class, urban sociology and cultural criminology
Professor Roger Matthews: Professor of Criminology; Director of Studies for Postgraduate Criminology
Penology, community safety and crime prevention, prostitution, armed robbery, punitiveness, left realism.
Dr Kate O'Brien: Lecturer in Criminology
The night-time economy; drug markets; bouncers and private policing.
Professor Larry Ray: Professor of Sociology; Director of Graduate Studies (Research)
Sociological theory; globalisation; race and ethnicity; violence.
Professor Kevin Stenson: Professor of Criminology
Criminological theory, risk and governmance, youth crime.
Professor Jock Young: Professor of Criminology
Social exclusion and crime; immigration; causes and consequences of terrorism; criminological theory.
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Contact details
Admissions enquiries
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E: information@kent.ac.uk
Subject enquiries
Graduate Admissions
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