该专业将吸引对国际犯罪学主题充满热情或正在刑事司法政策，国际执法中寻求职业机会，并在全球发展和非政府组织部门工作的人们。犯罪和执法多数在每个民族国家内部发生的观点现在已经过时了。我们生活在一个全球化的世界，其特点是金融与人的迅速转移和交换，这对人类福祉和社会正义产生了不同的影响。这样做的有害后果是，跨国犯罪的扩大，包括互联网犯罪和欺诈，走私人口，跨境恐怖主义，以及犯罪集团在跨国界买卖非法毒品，商品和武器的犯罪。然而，随着犯罪机会的扩大，对跨国执法和在诸如解决“危害人类罪”的国际刑事法院等机构中制定全球正义
This specialisation will attract people who have a passion for the subject matter of International Criminology or are seeking career opportunities in criminal justice policy, international law enforcement, and work in the global development and non-government organisation sector. Views of crime and law enforcement as mostly occurring inside each nation state are now outmoded. We live in a globalised world characterised by the rapid transfer and exchange of finance and people, and this has mixed effects on human wellbeing and social justice. A pernicious result of this is the expansion of transnational crime including internet crimes and fraud, people smuggling, cross-border terrorism, and expansion of criminal syndicates trading illicit drugs, commodities and weapons across national borders. Yet along with this expansion of criminal opportunities, there has been a new commitment to transnational law enforcement and the enactment of notions of global justice in institutions such as the International Criminal Court addressing 'crimes against humanity'.