Course summary

Course overview

• The Professional Doctorate in Criminal Justice develops current and aspiring criminal justice professionals to operate confidently at a strategic level, providing skills to drive evidence-based change and improve criminal justice performance.

• You’ll develop a critical awareness of topics at the forefront of criminal justice and the contexts and theories that influence practice in these areas.

• This bespoke qualification can be tailored to professional requirements, increasing the potential for personal development and career progression.

• Online resources provide the flexibility to study when and where it suits you, within a guided and structured framework.

• The course is taught by lecturers with frontline experience in criminal justice organisations and those who are research active in this area.

• To develop a career as an independent researcher

• To undertake research projects in a particular research setting that you may work in already (or propose to work in), or be associated to in some capacity

• To engage with other professionals in various criminal justice fields

• To enhance your career prospects as a researching professional with the ability to contribute to new practice through the generation of original knowledge

• To enter into a career within academia.