A Course in Criminology
| Published date | 01 May 1961 |
| Date | 01 May 1961 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/0032258X6103400303 |
| Subject Matter | Article |
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fjOURSE
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fjRI~IINOLOGY
The University of Cambridge has established aPost-graduate Course in
Criminology, to be given by the Institute of Criminology. The first course will
commence on October I, 1961.
It
will be held during the three terms of the
academic year and will end in July 1962.
A Diploma in Criminology will be awarded by the University, to those who
have diligently attended the course,
and
who, at its completion, have success-
fully passed a written examination in five papers covering the subjects prescribed
for the course.
The Programme of Teaching will consist of lectures, seminars and practical
work: 105 lectures and 90 seminars will be given, dealing with all the major
aspects of criminology, with particular reference to the development of crimino-
logical and penological thought and practice; the methodology of crimino-
logical research; the psychological and psychiatric context of criminal conduct;
the sociology of crime; the principles of criminal law and procedure; the
sentencing process, and the effectiveness of punishment and other methods of
treatment; the non-institutional and institutional treatment of juvenile, young
adult and adult offenders; and certain aspects of the prevention of crime.
Practical Work, during vacations as well as term time, will be undertaken
by the students, at penal and psychiatric institutions, probation and after-care
centres, and other agencies concerned with the prevention of crime and the
treatment of offenders. Individual work will be required at the seminars; and
the International Library of Criminology of the Institute will be available to
those who attend the course.
Instruction will be given by the Wolfson Professor of Criminology; by the
senior staff and visiting Fellows of the Institute; byother members of the teaching
staff of the University of Cambridge; by visiting lecturers; by experts from the
Home Officeand the Home Office Research Unit, and by others with particular
experience in the administration of criminal justice.
Admission to the course will be open to those who already hold a university
degree in any subject, not necessarily in law. In very exceptional circumstances,
candidates who do not hold a university degree may be considered for admission,
if they have either made an important contribution to criminology by research
or gained outstanding practical experience in administration.
The
number of
admissions in
anyone
year will be limited in order to maintain the highest
possible standard. Those admitted to the course will be made members of the
University, and will be expected to seek admission to a college.
Application Forms for Admission to the post-graduate course are available
from the Secretary, Institute of Criminology, 4Scroope Terrace, Cambridge,
England. The completed forms, together with evidence of necessary qualifica-
tions. should reach the Secretary by May 15, 1961, or soon after, for the course
commencing in October, 1961.
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