Criminology, Ph.D. / Ph.D. Distance Learning" / Ph.D Distance Learning" / M.Phil.

A Thriving Community of Postgraduate Research Students

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Course Overview

When you join our thriving community of postgraduate research students, you’ll become part of a supportive and friendly environment where we are dedicated to understanding some of society’s most challenging issues.

A research degree in Criminology gives you the chance to pursue a project based around your own passions and interests, leading to a qualification which can open the door to an academic career or boost employment prospects in a range of other fields. 

Your research degree will typically last from three years (full-time) to six years (part-time) for a PhD, or two years (full-time) to four years (part-time) for an MPhil.

We have a wide range of expertise, and we invite applications for research degrees in the following areas:

  • Criminal justice in Wales
  • Cybercrime and terrorism
  • Digital technology in the criminal justice system
  • Desistance
  • Gender based violence and violence against women domestic and sexual violence
  • Illegal and informal economies
  • Maritime security and crime
  • Policing, governance and political economy
  • Probation and offender management services
  • Organised crime
  • Sentencing and courts
  • Sex work
  • Social harms
  • Sports-based violence and criminality
  • Violent and sex offenders
  • Youth justice