| Qualifications |
Duration |
Start dates |
Application period |
PhD
(MPhil also available) |
Full-time: 3–4 years
Part-time: 6–8 years |
February and October |
January to April |
Qualifications
PhD (MPhil also available) |
Duration
Full-time: 3–4 years
Part-time: 6–8 years |
Start dates
February and October |
Application period
January to April |
The Department of Social Policy and Criminology is recognised for its impact on policing policy and practice. Substantive areas of interest include but are not limited to:
- Police accountability and oversight
- Policing by consent
- Police corruption and misconduct
- Ethics in law enforcement
- Racial bias and discrimination in policing
- Technological advancements in policing and ethical implications
- Police culture and organisational ethics
- Ethical issues in undercover and covert operations
- Policing and drug enforcement
- Defunding the police and radical alternatives to policing and enforcement
Many staff are members of the Harm and Evidence Research Collaborative. Research students are encouraged to participate in the discipline&/postgraduate/research-degrees/topic/police-regulation-and-ethics/39;s supportive and collegial research culture.
Entry requirements
Minimum 2:1 undergraduate degree (or equivalent). If you are not a UK citizen, you may need to prove your .
Potential supervisors
Fees and funding
| UK fee |
International fee |
| Full-time: 拢4,786 per year |
Full-time: 拢12,146 per year |
| Part-time: 拢2,393 per year |
Part-time: 拢6,073 per year |
Some of our research students are funded via The Grand Union Doctoral Training Partnership; others are self-funded.
For detailed information about fees and funding, visit Fees and studentships.
To see current funded studentship vacancies across all research areas, see .
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