Organised Crime, Terrorism and Security MSc

In recent years, issues of terrorism and organised crime have gained an unprecedented profile, provoked significant social concern, and dominated both law-and-order and many wider social policy agendas. We draw on state-of-the-art research to address key critical issues surrounding organised criminality and terrorism in contemporary society.<br/><br/>We involve multi-level analyses of organised crime as a concept, alongside the impacts of urbanisation, migration and globalisation upon both the practice of crime and the ways in which we understand them. You address cutting-edge critical, conceptual and theoretical analyses of terrorism and counter-terrorism.<br/><br/>The course provides you with a strong grounding in the key theories, understandings and issues relating to organised crime and terrorism. You explore topics including:<br/><br/><br/>• The analysis, politics and prevention of terrorism<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Globalisation and organised crime<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Security and the state<br/><br/><br/><br/>• The hacker ethic<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Human rights<br/><br/>