This is a one-year, full-time degree available as an add-on to either taught MSc degrees detailed above. Admission to the MPhil is conditional upon good performance on the MSc and the availability of supervision. Students take up their MPhil places straight after the MSc. MPhil candidates research and write a thesis of up to 30,000 words on a topic of their choice under the guidance of a supervisor, and take courses in research design and data analysis. As well as being a degree in its own right, the MPhil offers a bridge between the MSc and doctoral study, and can be used as the first year of a DPhil.

Graduates from the programme have recently gone on into the following areas: Professional careers in criminal justice agencies and the law University research and teaching in academic criminology and law schools Research careers Government departments Voluntary organisations in the crime and justice field