The Master of Arts by Research degree program involves the completion of a thesis proposal and a research thesis. It is designed for students wishing to engage in serious research but not able to devote the three years required to complete a PhD or with a research project which does not lend itself to that level of extended treatment. Criminology is an interdisciplinary field devoted to the study of crime, deviance, social control and the legal system. At UNSW our contemporary criminological scholars investigate a broad range of topics including justice, conflict, risk, security, insurance, policing, governance, regulation and the complex interactions amongst systemic, social, community and individual factors that are integral to the area of law, crime and the criminal justice system. Our criminologists tackle ‘real world' social problems including offending, discrimination, victimisation, youth offending, drug addiction, community safety, indigenous justice, organised crime, state crime, cyber-crime, international crime and corrections. Key concerns include the nature of crime, what is defined as crime and how crime is measured, media reporting and portrayal of crime, why people commit crime and how societies might respond. Criminology at UNSW is recognized as a Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Research Strength. Criminology is shaped not only by scholars in law, philosophy, psychology, policy and sociology, but also those in history, politics, economics, architecture, cultural studies, and other interdisciplinary fields as well as by professionals in medicine, social work and education. Our network spreads across five Faculties at UNSW and brings together prominent national and international experts, creating critical mass of leading scholars that makes UNSW an outstanding destination to study and research criminology in Australia.