Criminal Justice Work

Crime exists all over the world and knows no borders. From organised crime to terrorism to illegally downloaded content, crime is omnipresent and international. And to keep up, law enforcement and crime prevention agencies need to look across national borders.

This means that professionals working in law enforcement and crime prevention – police, policy makers, paralegals and social workers – need a globally minded view. They also have to understand the perspective of colleagues abroad. Especially because each country has a different law enforcement culture. In this programme, you learn about the criminal justice system of crime as a social problem and the reactions of society to it, the organisation and operation of the criminal justice system and the correctional process, as well as causes of crime and criminality in relation to other current problems. All this from an international perspective.

Would you like to know more about this programme or do you have a specific question? Please contact the programme coordinator, Heidi van Houten.

This programme is truly international, with students from all over the world, and offers you a virtual journey through the culturally diverse legal, governmental and social views on crime control and prevention. The programme consists of six courses, three per period.

Course unit title	ECTS
Cultural criminology	5
Criminal Law in European Context	5
Public Management of Security	5
Strengthening Social Capital and Social Network	5
Effective Probation in European Context	5
Working Alliance	5

In our Course Guide you can find all relevant information about the programme in one practical document. Once it's available you can download it here for your convenience.

There are no additional entry requirements.

English CEFR level B2.

Please note: If your English language ability proves to be insufficient to participate actively in (parts of) the courses you have chosen, we cannot be bound to the Learning Agreement, neither can we guarantee to offer you the required amount of study load (EC’s). Teachers might request you to take a diagnostic test at the start of the course to check if your English language ability is sufficient to successfully participate in that specific course. In all cases it is up to the programme manager to decide if your English language ability is sufficient to be eligible for the programme/course.