criminologist

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Criminologists analyze the causes and effects of criminal behavior in society . They also examine the instances of social and state crime control as well as the effect of crime prevention . Your specialty is criminology . Criminologists are neither investigators nor profilers and must therefore be distinguished from criminologists . In Germany, criminologists work almost exclusively at universities and research institutes, such as the Central Criminological Office or the Lower Saxony Criminological Research Institute . You will work as a basic researcher in crime-fighting authorities such as the Federal Criminal Police Office and the State Criminal Police Offices . They also conduct penal research at the criminological services of the federal states. Trained criminologists also work as practitioners in the administration of criminal justice ( probation assistance , judicial assistance , juvenile judicial assistance ).

education

Criminology as a subject is predominantly taught as an annex subject to criminal law at universities and is limited to a maximum of two (two-hour) lectures. A full major in criminology is not offered, Frank Neubacher describes it as "a discipline threatened with extinction." However, there are advanced and further training courses that require a degree in another subject ( law , psychology , sociology , pedagogy or social work ):

  • “Master of Arts in International Criminology” as well as part-time “Advanced Master's Course in Criminology” at the University of Hamburg .
  • Master's degree in "Criminology, Criminology and Police Science" at the Ruhr University in Bochum .
  • Interdisciplinary postgraduate course for Master of Arts in criminology and violence research at the University of Regensburg .
  • Three further education courses at the University of Bern (Switzerland): "Legum Magister in Criminology" (LL.M. Unibe), "Master of Advanced Studies in Criminology" (MAS Crim Unibe) and "Diploma of Advanced Studies in Criminology" (DAS Crim Unibe)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hans-Jörg Albrecht : Situation and future of criminology - questions and answers . In: Neue Kriminalpolitik , Volume 25 (2013) Issue 1, pp. 26–47, here pp. 26 f.
  2. ^ Frank Neubacher : Situation and future of criminology - questions and answers . In: Neue Kriminalpolitik, Volume 25 (2013) Issue 1, pp. 26–47, here p. 40.
  3. ↑ University of Hamburg, Study Office Social Sciences: International Criminology , accessed on July 21, 2020.
  4. ↑ University of Hamburg, Center for Continuing Education: Criminology MA , accessed on July 21, 2020.
  5. ^ University of Bochum: Master's "Criminology, Criminology and Police Science" , accessed on July 21, 2020.
  6. ↑ University of Regensburg: MA in criminology and research on violence , accessed on July 21, 2020.
  7. ↑ University of Bern, Institute for Criminal Law and Criminology, Continuing Education: Legum Magister / Legum Magistra in Criminology (LL.M. Unibe) , accessed on July 21, 2020.
  8. ^ University of Bern, Institute for Criminal Law and Criminology, Continuing Education: Master of Advanced Studies in Criminology (MAS Crim Unibe) , accessed on July 21, 2020.
  9. ↑ University of Bern, Institute for Criminal Law and Criminology, Continuing Education: Diploma of Advanced Studies in Criminology (DAS Crim Unibe) , accessed on July 21, 2020.