Master of Arts [M.A] [Criminology] From The University of Hong Kong

Offered since 1986, the programme is designed for people:

• who intend to start or already have a career in the police, the law, corrections, non-governmental organisations and related agencies;
• who want to complement their skills through the academic study of crime and criminal justice;
• who work in government, commerce, security and risk management, journalism, teaching, and other areas where a knowledge of criminology would be professionally helpful;
• who wish to increase their technical and conceptual skills through an advanced university education;
• who wish to pursue research studies in criminology.

On completion of the programme, students should:

• be able to apply a social-sciences approach to the study of crime and deviance;
• be able to understand a variety of contemporary developments in criminology and related social-policy issues;
• have possessed professional knowledge of the role of social sciences, including law and psychiatry, in understanding crime and criminal justice;
• be equipped with the theoretical and practical skills to investigate these core areas within criminology.