Welcome to Criminology!

Criminology at Trent will provide the opportunity for both a hybrid and eventually a fully online degree that provides graduates an emphasis on a critical interdisciplinary approach to the study of criminalization and various practices of social control and punishment. Its unique approach to both ‘the criminal’ and ‘the prisoner’ offers students disciplinary breadth, that provides a historical and contemporary analysis of how social inequality intersects with rates of victimization, criminalization, and punishment, especially for Indigenous peoples. In the upper year of the degree program, learning will focus on progressive law and policy reforms such as restorative justice that are rooted in Indigenous knowledge, critical aging, and feminist anti-violence research. With experiential learning opportunities in years three and four, graduates will develop a wide range of skills from digital competency as well as analytical approaches to law and policy focused research, interpreting criminalization and punishment data, and development of and engagement with community-based responses to violence, harm, and social disadvantage.