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MSc Criminal Justice and Criminology

University of Leeds, United Kingdom
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Course Overview

This programme is well-suited to you if you’re wishing to pursue a career in public service, the private sector, the voluntary sector or any other area where success is built upon the ability to understand, analyse and respond to developments in criminal justice.

Recent graduates have gone on to work in a range of sectors and professions from academia, to security and mental health in the UK and overseas. Alumni hold senior positions in criminal justice organisations including police and probation services, the prison service, and youth justice services, as well as in the private and voluntary sectors, both in the UK and abroad. Others have been awarded promotions following the successful completion of the programme.

General Eligibility

A bachelor's degree with a 2:1 (hons) in law, criminal justice, criminology or a related discipline.

Part Time Work Details

20 Hours of Work permit weekly for international students.

What You'll Study

1 Year 1

Compulsory modules

  • Researching Crime, Security and Justice

  • Dissertation Criminal Law/Criminal Justice

  • Contemporary Theories of Crime and Justice

  • Criminal Justice Processes

Optional modules (selection of typical options shown below)

You will also choose 30 credits from the below:

  • Research with Children and Young People

  • New Frontiers of Security, Conflict and Justice

  • Central Issues in Criminal Law

  • Rethinking Policing 1

  • International Criminal Law

  • Intercultural Business and Organisational Communication

  • Security, Conflict and Justice

  • Comparative Human Rights Law

  • Globalisation and Crime

  • Inequalities, Law and Justice

  • Theories of Social Justice

  • International Human Rights

  • Human Rights and Disabled People 1

  • Human Rights and Disabled People 2

  • Quantitative Research Methods

Language Requirement

  • IELTS6.0
  • TOEFL78
  • PTE58
  • Duolingo79

IELTS 6.5 overall, with no less than 6.0 in any components.

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