To become a practising criminologist, a PhD is generally required.
Complementary study in Psychology, Law, or other social science areas can help broaden your employment options.
Some Criminology graduates apply to the Royal New Zealand Police College where they train to become police officers..
Some Criminology graduates apply to the Royal New Zealand Police College where they train to become police officers.
New Zealand Police also have non-sworn support roles as communicators, analysts, and advisers.
Some graduates move into youth work and mentoring roles (further study may be required for this)..
Criminology is the study of crime and its effects on victims and society, and the workings of the criminal justice system including the police, courts and prisons.
Criminology is a great choice if you want a career in an organisation associated with the criminal justice system..
At the University of Otago, the Minor in Criminology provides the opportunity to study core concepts in criminology: crime and deviance, social control, crime and victimization in media and cultural discourses, the shifting boundary between what is socially considered legitimate and criminal behaviour and the wider .
Criminology is concerned not just with crime, but with the broader issues of social control and deviance and how these affect punishment and criminal justice
You can study topics such as restorative justice, cybercrime, penology, gender, policing, prisons, cultural criminology, justice policies and Indigenous perspectives
Our Master of Criminology programme gives you the chance to develop specialised knowledge and explore the latest developments in crime and justice
Criminology draws on different disciplines—including sociology, law, psychology, social policy, history, and cultural studies—to give you a broad understanding of crime and the way that New Zealand and other societies deal with harmful behaviours
Find out how crime is defined, why people offend, and how we should respond to criminals and victims
