Internationale Kriminologie
[International Criminology]
(Please note: This program is being phased out!)
Qualification
: Master of ArtsFaculty
: Business, Economics and Social SciencesRemarks
: The degree program is being phased out. It is no longer possible to apply.Duration
: 4 semestersTeaching language
: GermanProgram start
: expiresAdmission restrictions
: yesTuition Fees
: none, but Semester contribution
Program description
On the MA in International Criminology, students consider the social production of norms and normality, deviance and criminality, dangers and risks, and the according technologies of control and forms of intervention. The program focuses on social practices and dynamics at various levels—from the micropolitics of social environments and institutions such as prisons, through to global security interventions.
A research-oriented, interdisciplinary approach at the interface of law and social sciences imparts advanced, subject-specific theoretical and methodological knowledge and skills oriented towards current international scholarly debate. The aim of the program is to enable students to analyze “criminological facts” and reflect critically on their development, conduct independent research, and contribute to criminological understanding in public discourse.
Career prospects
The program prepares graduates for an academic career. Depending on their initial qualification, graduates may also assume leading roles within justice departments, interior ministries, and social authorities.
Program structure
The master’s program comprises 120 credit points, sub-divided across six modules / thematic areas:
- Basic principles of criminology
Genealogy of criminology as a science; history of criminology; key terms and the conceptual shift in key fields of inquiry in criminology (e.g., from deviations and norms to risks and security) in the context of the transformation of society and statehood. - Basic principles of criminological research
Criminological research laboratories I on the features and testing of qualitative social research methods, and II on research design and planning. - Research module
Students develop and apply specific methodologies during a research project on a prescribed topic, with special consideration of comparable international research. - Specialization in specific criminologies
- Practices: Focuses on institutions, practices, and technologies for controlling, normalizing, and establishing security. This includes police and policing; (criminal) law, (international) criminal justice, and punishment practices, alternative approaches in restorative and transitional justice; and biotechnology and public health.
- Phenomena: Focuses on developments and current issues in criminal and security policy and the associated theories (e.g., international terrorism, organized crime, Islamism, micropolitics of armed groups, hate crimes, corporate crime, financial crime, and crimes against humanity).
- Scale: Relates to the spatial-temporal classifications of security in legal proceedings (e.g., trans- and internationalization; new border demarcation in relation to criminal policy, security policy and warfare; border demarcation and controls; global and urban assemblages; human rights in the local and global contexts).
- Power, media, knowledge: Focuses on questions and techniques of truth and evidence production in control and punishment practices (e.g., digital data and algorithms, crime mapping, (terror) lists, surveillance and technologies of suspicion, tests, critical infrastructures).
- Final module / master’s thesis
- Elective area
- Socrates Common Sessions (three- to five-day conferences for teachers and students from universities participating in the Socrates program on criminal justice and critical criminology)
- Modules from other master’s programs (sociology, political science, etc.)
Additional information on degree program
Examination regulations
Departmental regulations / Degree program regulations
Information on studying at Universität Hamburg
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Contact
General academic advising
CampusCenter
Zentrale Studienberatung und Psychologische Beratung
Alsterterrasse 1, 20354 Hamburg, Germany
Tel.: +49 40 42838-7181 (Mon-Wed 10 am-12 pm, Thu 2-6 pm)
Fax: 040 42838-2318
Subject-specific advising
Team M.A. Internationale Kriminologie
Advising for students and prospective students
12. Apr 2024