LLM in Criminal Law and Criminal Justice

Programme Director Dr Andrew Cornford

The LLM in Criminal Law and Criminal Justice aims to equip students with:

• An in-depth knowledge of the key concepts, theories and debates in criminal law and criminal justice, from an theoretical and doctrinal perspective;
• A solid understanding of the value and techniques of theoretical and doctrinal study of criminal law and criminal justice;
• A critical awareness of current debates and trends in criminal law and criminal justice.

Students are required to complete 180 credits of study: this includes a dissertation to be submitted at the end of their studies (60 credits). The remaining 120 credits are divided as follows:

• 40 credits from courses in criminal law
• 40 credits from courses in criminal justice
• 40 credits (which may include further courses in criminal law or criminal justice) from other optional courses offered by the School of Law, and may include, with the permission of the Programme Director, 20 credits from a course offered by another School.

In 2012-13, available courses in criminal law are expected to include:

• Criminalisation (semester 2, 20 credits)
• EU Criminal Law (semester 2, 20 credits)
• International Criminal Law (full year course, 40 credits)
• Philosophical Foundations of Criminal Law (semester 1, 20 credits)
• Sexual Offending and the Law (semester 1, 20 credits)

And in the same year, available courses in criminal justice are expected to include:

• Criminal Justice and Penal Process (semester 1, 20 credits)
• Cybercrime (semester 2, 20 credits)
• Gender, Crime and Criminal Justice (semester 2, 20 credits)
• Global Crime, Justice and Security in Context (semester 2, 20 credits)
• Global Crime, Justice and Security: Theories and Frameworks (semester 1, 20 credits - provided by the School of Social and Political Sciences)
  
• Media and Crime (semester 2, 20 credits)
• Mental Health and Crime (semester 2, 20 credits)
• Penal Politics (semester 2, 20 credits)
  
• Police and Policing (semester 2, 20 credits)
• Surveillance and Security (semester 2, 20 credits)
• Youth Crime and Justice (semester 2, 20 credits)
  

Dissertation
Students choose the topic of their dissertation, subject to availability of a suitable supervisor and to the approval of the Programme Director. The maximum word length of the dissertation is 10,000 words.