Criminology at Leicester offers supervision for the degrees of:
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) - full-time and part-time
Master of Philosophy (MPhil) - full-time and part-time
These degrees are available to study on campus and the PhD is also offered by part time distance learning.
Supervision and research areas
We offer PhD and MPhil supervision in Criminology in areas compatible with the research interests of our academic staff including:
Causes of crime
Victimisation and victimology
Crime prevention and security studies
Probation, prisons and offender rehabilitation
Gender crime and violence
Hate crime and social justice
Forensic science and psychology in criminal justice
Police and policing
Security and terrorism
Interested in a different research area?
It is important that the area you want to work in is broadly compatible with our research interests - otherwise we may not be able to accept your application.
PhD description
PhD students complete an independent research project under the guidance of a supervisory team. The maximum period of registration permitted before thesis submission is 4 years full-time / 7 years part-time.
Active research (including all experimental work, laboratory work, field work, and data collection) will typically take 3 to 3.5 years full-time / 6 to 6.5 years part-time. On completion of active research students may request approval to register for a writing-up period of up to 12 months. The period of active research and writing-up together must not exceed the maximum registration period.
The thesis should not normally exceed 80,000 words and must make an original contribution to knowledge and contain work of publishable quality. The thesis must then be defended in a viva voce (oral) examination before a degree can be awarded.
