MA Global Criminology in London United Kingdom | University of Westminster

The Master of Arts in Global Criminology aims to enhance your expertise and analytical perspective on criminology as a multidisciplinary field, integrating legal, political, psychological, and social science perspectives on crime, deviance, and justice systems.

Guided by leading scholars, this innovative program emphasizes two key dimensions – global perspectives and critical analysis – offering a distinctive opportunity to examine criminology through both international and critical lenses.

Global criminology represents an emerging and expanding domain within criminological studies, pioneering advancements in postcolonial, decolonial, and southern theory frameworks. It forms a specialized branch of critical criminology, investigating crime and justice systems through the prism of power dynamics and systemic disparities including class, gender, nationality, ethnicity, ability, age, and sexual orientation.

Elective modules delve into the two principal domains of global criminology – comparative studies examining crime and justice patterns across nations and regions, and transnational studies analyzing cross-border organized crime, state offenses, corporate misconduct, and international crime prevention strategies.