Criminology Birkbeck, University of London

Overview

This Criminology programme offered by Birkbeck, University of London enables candidates to undertake substantial independent scholarship leading to an original dissertation under the guidance of internationally recognised specialists. Participants engage with rigorous academic enquiry while benefiting from a well-established environment dedicated to advancing understanding of justice-related questions and public policy challenges.

Key Facts

Based within the Institute for Crime and Justice Policy Research, the programme supports investigation into a wide range of themes and theoretical frameworks. Areas of expertise encompass punishment, security, organised wrongdoing, migration, welfare, violence, and governance, alongside approaches informed by political economy, psychosocial analysis, feminism, critical race scholarship, and queer theory.