Professional Doctorate in Criminal Justice, DCrimJ, University of Portsmouth

the United Kingdom

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The award	How you will study	Study duration	Course start	Domestic course fees	International course fees
DCrimJ	Part-time	4 - 7 years	October	-	-

About Professional Doctorate in Criminal Justice, DCrimJ - at University of Portsmouth

Benefits of a Professional Doctorate in Criminal Justice

Our Professional Doctorate in Criminal Justice (DCrimJ) is a structured 4-year programme. The first two years are focused on workshop-based teaching in Portsmouth, while the latter two years are focused on supervised research, leading to a thesis.

Established in 2007, this course offers a framework for criminal justice professionals to reflect on and contribute to practice in their area of work. And unlike the more traditional PhD route – which aims to develop professional researchers – the Professional Doctorate in Criminal Justice develop researching professionals.

Students are drawn from a variety of backgrounds in criminal justice – including policing, counter fraud, the private security industry, the voluntary sector, youth justice, prisons, probation, the legal profession, and forensic mental health.

The aim of the course is to develop criminal justice professionals whose work informs and is informed by original research in the field. Previous graduates have followed research projects into profession-related subjects such as:

Reform and the Garda in the Republic of Ireland
The National Intelligence Model and reduced risk in the public sector
Gender within specialist police departments

The Professional Doctorate in Criminal Justice aims to develop your research ability to an advanced level and promote evidence-based practice development. The development of the quality and value of your practice and research will be enhanced through:

seminars and workshops on critical research and criminal justice issues specifically focused on the development needs of criminal justice professionals
support from peers and staff to ensure your work reaches the necessary (doctoral) standard
supervision from a team with a very wide range of development and research interests and many years of professional experience
access to University of Portsmouth library facilities including a large number of e-books, journals and databases accessed electronically
the use of an online learning environment enabling you to keep in easy touch with your peers and the course team
development of wider national and international perspectives through networking with the peer group
building ongoing productive links between criminal justice organisations
raising the profile, credibility and influence of your profession in both academic and practice contexts

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https://www.port.ac.uk/research

Entry requirements

A master's degree in a relevant subject, preferably of Merit level. It is essential that applicants are professionally engaged in one of the many areas of criminal justice. Applicants should be working at a senior level and/or have strong relevant criminal justice experience. All applicants will be invited to attend a face-to-face or telephone interview.

English language proficiency at a minimum of IELTS band 6.5 with no component score below 6.0.

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