Criminology

The teaching activity is set up on different levels:

• Master courses: First year candidates will attend Master's courses aimed at completing and strengthening their background. The required coursework is determined upon admission to the Programme and tailored to each candidate's curriculum. Master's courses culminate in a final examination. Additionally, Ph.D. candidates will prepare a paper (in English) on a topic agreed upon with the Professor of the course(s). Graduate courses may include:
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  • Statistics and advanced statistics
  • Criminal law and procedure (Italian and comparative)
  • Criminological research methodologies
  • Criminology and applied criminology

• Research and methodological training: Ph.D. candidates will attend specific training activities (first and second year candidates). Transcrime holds short and long seminars, which are also attended by Ph.D. candidates.

• Ph.D. courses: Ph.D. candidates will attend courses specifically organised for the Ph.D. Programme, aimed to provide in-depth knowledge of specific topics (first and second year candidates). They may also attend courses organised in collaboration with other universities.

• Università Cattolica Doctoral Training: Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore provides a number of training activities for Ph.D. candidates from all Programmes. They include training on methodology, bibliography, writing, presentation, public speaking and English for academic purposes. 

• Literature review: In their first year, Ph.D. candidates will work under the guidance of senior researchers to complete a literature review (or reviews) on a specific topic related to the candidate's research interests.

• Lectures: Ph.D. candidates will attend intensive lectures on innovative issues in criminology and criminal justice, given by visiting professors from leading national and international universities. 

Find out some of the seminars held by visiting professors to doctoral students in the brochure.