Master's degree in Criminal Law and Criminal Sciences - Criminological Sciences course

The Criminology programme offers a multi-disciplinary approach to the study of criminal phenomena by deepening knowledge and skills in criminal law and criminal procedure, and then combining the contributions of criminology, victimology, criminal sociology and psychiatry. Thanks to this training, the student will have acquired a general knowledge of what the social sciences and the sciences of the psyche bring to criminal and pénal issues, as well as a mastery of the different currents of thought in criminology and the type of research that is conducted in these different currents of thought.

Finally, attending thematic seminars and writing the dissertation and a research report will enable the student to acquire a synthetic and comparative knowledge;tique et comparée de l&e state of the art sur les thèmes choisis pour ces travaux, ces thèmes étant choisis en accord avec les enseignants du Master pour leur intérérêt scientifique et formateur.

Initial and continuing training

Petitional law, criminal proceedings

Criminology, victims' law

• FDSP, Aix-en-Provence

The special feature of this pathway is that it enables students to follow courses taught by researchers or professionals working on criminal and penal issues from a variety of positions in the human and social sciences. The Criminological Sciences pathway is therefore a place of exchange that complements the study of criminal law with the empirical study of crime and social action.

It gives students the opportunity to be introduced, through research, to the social sciences, the sciences of the psyche and, more generally, to interdisciplinary approaches to criminal issues.

* Understanding of the criminal phenomenon

* In-depth knowledge of criminal law, criminal procedure and criminal science

* Knowledge of the different schools of thought in criminal law, criminology and victimology

* Sociological and legal analysis of criminal policies

* Expert analysis of crime

* Ability to understand the empirical process that characterises criminological sciences

* Ability to conduct bibliographical research and summarise its contributions

* Ability to conduct qualitative and/or quantitative empirical research on crime and/or the criminal justice system

* Ability to formulate a relevant research problem and treat it with critical distance

* Ability to carry out a research project

Supervised research project, through the writing of a mémoire and a research report.

The hourly volume of teaching units is divided between lectures (some units are shared with other courses) and seminars (units specific to the Criminology course).

• 120B Méthodes comparatives en sciences humaines (fr)