The goal of the master is to offer the students the theoretical and methodological resources to understand criminality and penalty and, more generally, deviance and social control.

The professional focus master aims to help students specialise in intervention in order to be able to teach in sectors aiding and protecting young people, the police, executing penalties and criminal measures, legal aid and dealing with delinquency.

The research focus master aims to train students in careers in research and analysis in the fields of psychological or sociological criminology and criminal policy.

Skills developed :

• Deeper understanding and critical analysis of criminality and penalty, deviance and social control, and the scientific work devoted to these phenomena;
• Conducting interviews ; intervening in situations of conflict and crisis, reflecting on intervention practices
• Wording of research questions; building up research tools; carrying out empirical research; thinking about research practices.

Knowledge to acquire :

• Major theories in psychological and sociological criminology from the crime to the administration of criminal justice;
• Intervention and research methodology ;
• Legal matters in relation to criminality and penalty.