| Program start date | Application deadline |
| 2025-09-01 | - |
| 2026-09-01 | - |
Program Overview
Applied Management of Offending Behaviour MSc
Overview
Why do people commit crime? And what makes them stop? Untangle the causes of criminality, explore management options and research routes out of offending. Studying on this fully online Masters with us, you’ll develop the expertise for a career in criminal justice.
Course Features
- International students can apply
- Online Study
What You'll Study
Year 1
- Teaching and assessment
Explore the roles of people and the state in different kinds of crime and offending. Uncover the complicated relationships between psychosocial factors and economic realities that lead people into criminality.
We’ll help you understand the risk factors that are linked to different offences. You’ll also examine the role of psychosocial and political factors, as well as exploring historical and international views for context.
You’ll use research to analyse and assess how the various criminal justice agencies manage people who commit crimes. Then you’ll investigate how offenders can be supported back into mainstream society. You’ll look at the how and the why behind rehabilitation success stories.
We’ll also cover research methods and research ethics to prepare you for the culmination of the programme. You’ll write a dissertation critically evaluating an area of offending behaviour management and identifying any gaps in current research.
Compulsory Modules:
- Crime Typologies
- Module code: CRI4006
- Credits: 20
- Assessment: 100% Coursework
- Description: Equips you with an understanding of the similarities and differences in offending behaviours. The module will consider historical explanations of crime before exploring current social, biological and individual explanations for deviant behaviour.
- Dissertation
- Module code: CRI4010
- Credits: 60
- Assessment: 100% Coursework
- Description: Enables you to focus upon a significant piece of investigative enquiry in an area of interest, from conceptualisation through to completion.
- Management of Offenders
- Module code: CRI4008
- Credits: 20
- Assessment: 100% Coursework
- Description: Provides an opportunity to critically investigate the criminal justice system of England and Wales and assess how different aspects of this system impact on the effective management of offenders.
- Offending and Risk
- Module code: CRI4005
- Credits: 20
- Assessment: 100% Coursework
- Description: Enables you to develop the theoretical knowledge and understanding of the processes underlying criminal behaviour.
- Pathways to Desistance
- Module code: CRI4009
- Credits: 20
- Assessment: 100% Coursework
- Description: Recognises that although there are many theories relating to the causes of criminal activity, the routes out of offending (or processes of desistance) are not properly understood.
- Research Methods
- Module code: CRI4004
- Credits: 20
- Assessment: 100% Coursework
- Description: Introduces you to the research process including the philosophical fundamentals of both quantitative and qualitative traditions and a range of research methodologies.
- The Social and Economic Contexts of Crime
- Module code: CRI4007
- Credits: 20
- Assessment: 100% Coursework
- Description: Explores the complex links between the social and economic realities that shape crime.
How You'll Study
The course will be delivered online through a combination of lectures, workshops, tutorials and independent study.
How You'll Be Assessed
You will be assessed through a combination of written coursework, online presentations, time-limited assessments, and personal research in the form of a dissertation.
Who Will Be Teaching You
You will be taught by tutors whose research and teaching has a well-established national and international reputation, for instance, in areas of youth justice, sex offending, and restorative justice.
Your Future Career
Our MSc Applied Management of Offending Behaviour course is ideal preparation for a career in any of the key criminal justice agencies. You can use your Masters to open doors in probation, youth justice, prisons and the police. Our course is particularly suitable if you intend to apply for management positions.
You’ll also be well placed to pursue a career working with offenders outside of the criminal justice system. You might choose a role in community-based programmes, restorative justice, youth work or victim support.
If you want to carry out further applied research in the management of offending behaviour, this Masters is also an excellent launch pad to do just that.
Entry Criteria
You should have a degree equivalent to UK first-class or upper second-class honours (2:1 or above) in a relevant subject such as criminology, psychology or social sciences.
Applications from graduates with a 2:2 in a relevant subject, or a 2:1 in an unrelated subject, who have experience of working within the criminal justice system will also be considered.
An interview may form part of the selection process.
English Language Requirements
International students require IELTS 6.5, with a score no lower than 6.0 in each individual component, or an equivalent English language qualification.
Finance
Tuition Fees
- UK Full-Time: £9,250 for the course
- UK Part-Time: £51 per credit for 180 credits
- International: £17,000 for the course
The University may administer a small inflationary rise in tuition fees, in line with Government policy, in subsequent academic years as you progress through the course.
EU/EEA and Swiss students who have settled or pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme, as well as Irish nationals, may be eligible for the UK tuition fee rate.
Financial Support
Please view the relevant Money Matters guide for comprehensive information about the financial support available to eligible UK students joining postgraduate courses at Edge Hill University.
Program Outline
Careers:
- Probation
- Youth justice
- Prisons
- Police
- Community-based programs
- Restorative justice
- Youth work
- Victim support
- Applied research in the management of offending behavior
The following information related to tuition fees and payment was found:
Tuition fees
2024/25 UK Full-Time: £9,000 for the course UK Part-Time: £50 per credit for 180 credits International: £16,500 for the course EU/EEA and Swiss students who have settled or pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme, as well as Irish nationals, may be eligible for the UK tuition fee rate.
