Master of Science by Coursework in Criminology and Criminal Justice (Full-time)

• 1. Every candidate must follow, for at least three terms, a course of instruction in Criminology and Criminal Justice.

• 2. There shall be a Board of Studies for the course, to be chaired by the Director of Graduate Studies for Criminology and also comprising all the members of the Board of Examiners for the Master of Science in Criminology and Criminal Justice for the current year, the Director or Assistant Director of the Centre for Criminology and a student representative (the latter for open business only).

• 3.  The course will consist of fourthe following elements: a core course in ExplanationCriminological and Understanding in Criminology (Michaelmas Term)Theories and Understanding Criminal Justice (Hilary Term); thea compulsory course in Research Design and Data Collection (Michaelmas Term); optionsfive option courses; and dissertation. The core course will run for eight weeks throughout the first two terms (Michaelmas and Hilary). The Research Design and Data Collection course runs for eight weeks in the first term (Michaelmas). Options will run for eight weeks in both Michaelmas and Hilary terms. Candidates will be required to choose two options in Michaelmas Term and three in Hilary Term. In Trinity Term students submit a dissertation 12,000-15,000 wordsword longdissertation on a topic to be agreed by the Board of Studies submitted in the final term. The required format for thisthe dissertation is the common format prescribed for all law theses, which is printed in the Faculty of Law's Graduate Students' Handbook.

• 4. The options are listed in the Schedule below.

• 5. Not all options will necessarily be taught or examined in any one year. Details of those which arewill be available will be published in the Graduate Student Handbook produced by the Centre for Criminology for the year of the examinationadmission, subject to any amendment posted on the designated notice board in the Centre for Criminology by Monday of Week Minus One of the Michaelmas Term beforeof theeach examinationacademic is heldyear.

• 65.  In addition to the options set out in the Schedule, candidates may offer any other option that may be approved from time to time by regulation published in the Gazette by the end of Monday of Week Minus One of the Michaelmas Term beforeof theeach examinationacademic is heldyear.

• 76. The course shall be assessed as follows:

  • (i) CoreCriminological CourseTheories and Understanding Criminal Justice: There shallExamined beby 2a two3 hour examinations for the core course, the first to be taken in Week Nought of Hilary Term, and the second  to be takenexamination in Week Nought of Trinity Term.

  • (ii) Options and Research Design and Data Collection: Courses

  • The othercompulsory thancourse Research Design and Data Collection, and the option course Quantitative Analysis for Social Scientists, and Qualitative Methods shall be examined by an assessed essay of 2,500 to 3,000 words (inclusive of footnotes, but excluding bibliography and appendices), to be written between Friday of Week Seven and Thursday of Week Ten of the term in which the course runs. A choice from three titles (as determined by the Board of Examiners) will be emailed to students and posted on the designated noticeboard at the Centre for Criminology by noon on Friday of Week Seven of the relevant term. The essay shall be submitted electronically by noon on Thursday of Week 10 of the relevant term. On submitting the essay, candidates will also be required to submit an online declaration. In addition, candidates taking Quantitative Analysis for Social Scientists and/or Qualitative Methods shall be required to complete to the satisfaction of the Course Tutor for the option a form of continuous assessment, which will be approved by the Board of Studies and the details of which will be published in the Graduate Student Handbook for the relevant year.

  • All other option courses shall be examined by means of an assessed essay of no less than 3,500 and no more than 4,500 words (inclusive of footnotes, but excluding bibliography and appendices), for which time will be set aside during Weeks 8, 9 and 10 of Michaelmas and Hilary terms. A selection of three titles (as determined by the Board of Examiners), shall be emailed to students and posted on the designated noticeboardnotice board at the Centre for Criminology by noon on Thursday  Friday of Week Seven7 of the relevant term. CandidatesEach essay shall be required to submit two typewritten copies of each essay to the Examination Schools, High Street, Oxford, not later than Wednesday of Week Ten, by noon.

    Research Design and Data Collection, Quantitative Analysis for Social Scientists, and Qualitative Methods shall be examined by an assessed essay of 2,500 to 3,000 words (inclusive of footnotes, but excluding bibliography and appendices), to be written between Thursday of Week Seven and Wednesday of Week Ten of the term in which the course runs. A choice from three titles (as determined by the Board of Examiners) will be posted on the designated noticeboard at the Centre for Criminologysubmitted by noon on Thursday  of Week Seven10 of the relevant term. CandidatesOn shallsubmitting each essay, candidates will also be required to submit twoan copiesonline declaration of theauthorship. essay to the Examination Schools, High Street, Oxford, not later than Wednesday of Week 10, by noon. In addition, candidates taking Quantitative Analysis for Social Scientists and/or Qualitative Methods shall be required to complete to the satisfaction of the Course Tutor for the option a form of continuous assessment, whichCandidates will be approvedcontacted by the Board of Studies and thewith details of whichhow willto be published insubmit the Graduate Student Handbook for the relevant yearessay.

  • (iii) Dissertation: Two typewritten copies of theThe dissertation shall be submitted to the Examination Schoolselectronically by noon on  Wednesday of Week Ten of Trinity Term. One bound copyEight of the final term. On submitting the dissertation, candidates will also be required to submit an online declaration of eachauthorship. candidateCandidates whowill passesbe contacted with details of how to submit the examination shall be deposited in the Social Science Library, Manor Roaddissertation. 

• 8. The degree of M.Sc. shall be awarded to any candidate who achieves a mark of at least 50 per cent for (a ) the five options and the Research Design and Data Collection course, (b ) the core course paper, and (c ) the dissertation, as well as satisfactory completion of the continuous assessment element of the Quantitative Analysis for Social Scientists and/or Qualitative Methods.

• 9. The examiners may award a distinction for excellence in the whole examination.

• 107. Arrangements for reassessment shall be as follows:

  • (i) Core Course: Candidates who fail, or withdraw from, eitherthe core course examination may resit the examination according to the standard timetable for examinationsexamination in the following academic year. Such candidates who have completed successfully either or both of (a) the options and Research Design and Data Collection (i.e. have obtained an aggregate mark of 50 per cent or more) and (b) the dissertation, may carry forward the marks gained for the successfully completed components. Candidates may also carry forward their certificate of satisfactory completion of the continuous assessment element of Research Design and Data Collection, and, where relevant, those of Quantitative Analysis for Social Scientists and/or Qualitative Methods.

  • (ii) Options and Research Design and Data Collection: Candidates who have failed to obtain an aggregate mark of 50 per cent for assessment for the optionsoptional courses or Research Design and Data Collection, or who have withdrawn from any assessment, may resubmit assessments for which they obtained a mark of 49 per cent or less. Candidates may resubmit assessed essays in which they have obtained a mark of 49 per cent or less to the Examination Schools, High Street, Oxford, according to the standard timetable for submitting essays in the following academic year.Such candidatesEssays whomust havebe completedsubmitted successfully (a) the core course examination, (b) the dissertationelectronically, and (c)on anysubmitting assessmentthe foressay, whichcandidates theywill havealso receivedbe arequired markto submit an online declaration of 50 per cent or more, may carry forward the marks gained for the successfully completed componentsauthorship. Candidates maywill alsobe carrycontacted forwardwith their certificatedetails of satisfactoryhow completionto ofsubmit the continuous assessment element of where relevant, that of Quantitative Analysis for Social Scientists and/or Qualitative Methodsessay. 

  • (iii) Continuous assessment element of Research Design ansand Data Collection, Quantitative Analysis for Social Scientists and Qualitative Methods: Candidates who fail to complete an assignment which forms part of the continuous assessment element of Quantitative Analysis for Social Scientists and/or Qualitative Methods to the satisfaction of the respective Course Tutor may be required to resubmit that assignment once by noon on  Thursday of Week Ten of the relevant term.

  • (iv) Dissertation: Candidates who fail, or withdraw from, the dissertation may resubmit the dissertation by the required date in Trinity Term of the following academic year. Such candidates who have completed successfully (a) the core course and/or (b) the options may carry forward the marks gained for the successfully completed components. Candidates may also carry forward their certificate of satisfactory completion of the continuous assessment element of Quantitative Analysis for Social Scientists and/or Qualitative Methods.

Schedule

• Comparative and Transnational Criminal Justice

  Comparative Criminal Justice, Security and Human Rights

  Crime and the Family

  Criminal Justice in Transitional Settings

  Criminal Justice, Migration and Citizenship

  Desistance from Crime: The Role of Criminal Justice Agencies

• Global Criminology

  Law, Economics and Crime

  Mafias

  News Media, Crime and Policy

  Policing Global Insecurities

  Prisons

• Psychology, Law and Criminal Justice

  Public and Private Policing

  Public Opinion, Crime and Criminal Justice

  Qualitative Methods

• QuantitiveQuantitative Analysis for Social Scientists

  Race and Gender

  Research Design and Data Collection

  Restorative Justice

  Risk, Security and Criminal Justice

  Sentencing

  Sociology of Punishment

  The Death Penalty

  The Politics of Crime Control

• Theorising Punishment

  Transitional Justice

  Victims

  Victims and Restorative Justice

  Violence and Civilisation

  Youth Justice

Oxford 1+1 MBA programme

Candidates registered on the Oxford 1+1 MBA programme will follow an additional two or three -month bridging programme at the end of their third term of the combined programme.

Each candidate will be appointed an academic advisor from the Saïïd Business School to plan an individual course of study which will include as a minimum, the following three compulsory elements:

• (i) AttendanceNormally oftwo onemeetings during the bridging programme with the senior advisor appointed by the Saïd Business School at the start of the summerOxford elective1+1 programmesMBA offeredprogramme.

  (ii) forA theformatively Masterassessed Integrative Development Plan of Business Administrationup to be3,000 published by the MBA Director before the first Monday of the preceding termwords. Candidates would be required to undertakecritically allreflect assessmentson their learning from the Masters programme and receiverelate feedback,this butboth wouldto nottheir obtainforthcoming creditMBA towardsprogramme as well as to their career goals. The meetings with the MBA.advisor Candidateswill are not permitted to subsequently undertakeframe the samedesign, electivedelivery asand partdiscussion of the MBA programme the following yearplan.

• (ii) A formatively assessed assignment of no more than 5,000 words (including all prefatory matter and appendices) supervised by the Saïd Business School academic advisor, which will relate the Master’s degree learning to an appropriate area of the MBA programme. Candidates would also be required to present a work plan related to this assignment to the 1+1 programme class.

• (iii) Attendance of the MBA pre-course as described in the joining instructions for the MBA class, unless granted exemption by the MBA Committee on the grounds of prior formal study or work experience.