MA Organised Crime, Terrorism and Security

In recent years, issues of terrorism and organised crime have gained an unprecedented profile, provoked significant social concern, and dominated both law-and-order and many wider social policy agendas. Our MA Organised Crime, Terrorism and Security course draws on state-of-the-art research to address key critical issues surrounding organised criminality and terrorism in contemporary society.

We involve multi-level analyses of organised crime as a concept, alongside the impacts of urbanisation, migration and globalisation upon both the practice of crime and the ways in which we understand them. You will address cutting-edge critical, conceptual and theoretical analyses of terrorism and counter-terrorism.

This course provides you with a strong grounding in the key theories, understandings and issues relating to organised crime and terrorism. You explore topics including:

• Globalisation and organised crime
• Mafia, corruption and power
• Drug trafficking and illicit trades
• Security and the state
• Analysis, politics and prevention of terrorism
• Security challenges
• Cybercrime and digital criminology
• Ethics of Human rights
• The hacker ethics

If you are interested in these topics with a quantitative focus and are looking for a funded pathway to a PhD scheme, you may be interested in the MSc version of this course.