BA (Hons) Criminology and Law

Edge Hill University

Bachelor's degree

In Ormskirk

£ 9,250 + VAT

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Ormskirk

  • Duration

    3 Years

If you want to explore the perspectives around the causes of crime and the role and function of the criminal justice system, together with the complementary study of key legal principles, then this degree gives you an opportunity to study Law alongside Criminology in an integrated programme. In addition to giving you knowledge of law, and civil and criminal justice systems, it will help you develop a critical understanding of the connections between the law and the institutions, processes and perceptions of crime and criminal justice and examine the complex and often contradictory relationship between crime, justice and the law. You will be studying cutting edge, contemporary subjects alongside staff at the forefront of research in Criminology and Law.

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Ormskirk (Lancashire)
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St Helens Road, L39 4QP

Start date

On request

About this course

You will be prepared for a career in legal or legal related training, social work, probation, youth justice, youth and community work, research, police service, prison service, criminal justice agencies, welfare rights, care and resettlement of offenders, and civil liberties.

120 UCAS Tariff points on the new UCAS Tariff. No specific subjects are required.

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Subjects

  • IT Law
  • Public
  • International
  • Trusts
  • Equity
  • Constitutional Law
  • Systems
  • Criminology
  • Law
  • Criminal law
  • Public Law
  • Land Law
  • Philosophy
  • Child Law
  • Consumer Law
  • Employment Law
  • Family Law
  • International Business Law

Course programme

Year 1

CRI1005 Criminology and the Modern World (20 credits)

CRI1124 Introduction to Criminological Theory (20 credits)

CRI1125 Introduction to the Criminal Justice Process (20 credits)

LAW1001 Legal Methods and Systems (20 credits)

LAW1003 Law of Contract (20 credits)

LAW1005 Law of Torts (20 credits)

Year 2

CRI2225 Critical Criminological Theory (20 credits)

You will select one of the following modules:

CRI2024 Crime, Media and Criminology (20 credits)

CRI2223 Generating Reputations (20 credits)

You will select one of the following modules:

CRI2020 Youth Justice 1 (20 credits)

CRI2023 'Race', Crime and Criminology (20 credits)

CRI2025 Gender, Sex and Violence (20 credits)

CRI2026 Work Experience (20 credits)

CRI2027 Crime, Law and Society (20 credits)

CRI2224 Violence and Society (20 credits)

CRI2226 Challenging Childhoods (20 credits)

You will select three of the following modules. If you wish to graduate with exemptions from the academic stage of legal training to become a solicitor or a barrister, you must study LAW2002 Criminal Law, LAW 2005 Land Law and LAW2007 Public Law 1.

LAW2001 European Union Constitutional Law (20 credits)

LAW2002 Criminal Law (20 credits)

LAW2003 Equity and Trusts (20 credits)

LAW2004 European Union Substantive Law (20 credits)

LAW2005 Land Law (20 credits)

LAW2007 Public Law 1 (20 credits)

LAW2008 Public Law 2 (20 credits)

Year 3

You will select two of the following modules:

CRI3021 Crimes of the Powerful 1 (20 credits)

CRI3022 Crimes of the Powerful 2 (20 credits)

CRI3109 The Politics of Policing (20 credits)

CRI3110 The Politics of Imprisonment (20 credits)

You will select one of the following modules or a third module from the four options above:

CRI3023 Crime and Place (20 credits)

CRI3024 Criminology and Philosophy (20 credits)

CRI3112 Justice, Rights and the State (20 credits)

CRI3113 Expanding the Criminological Imagination (20 credits)

You will select three of the following modules. If you wish to graduate with exemptions from the academic stage of legal training to become a solicitor or a barrister, you must study LAW3051 European Union Constitutional Law, LAW3052 European Union Substantive Law and LAW3053 Equity and Trusts.

LAW3032 Child Law (20 credits)

LAW3033 Company Law (20 credits)

LAW3034 Consumer Law (20 credits)

LAW3036 Employment Law (20 credits)

LAW3037 Family Law (20 credits)

LAW3038 Human Rights (20 credits)

LAW3039 Intellectual Property Law (20 credits)

LAW3040 International Business Law (20 credits)

LAW3041 International Criminal Law (20 credits)

LAW3042 International Sports Law (20 credits)

LAW3043 Jurisprudence (20 credits)

LAW3044 Law Clinic Experience Module (20 credits)

LAW3045 Law of Evidence (20 credits)

LAW3046 Media Law (20 credits)

LAW3047 Public International Law (20 credits)

LAW3048 Refugee Law (20 credits)

LAW3049 Sports Law (20 credits)

LAW3050 Tax Law (20 credits)

LAW3051 European Union Constitutional Law (20 credits)

LAW3052 European Union Substantive Law (20 credits)

LAW3053 Equity and Trusts (20 credits)

Optional modules provide an element of choice within the programme curriculum. The availability of optional modules may vary from year to year and will be subject to minimum student numbers being achieved. This means that the availability of specific optional modules cannot be guaranteed. Optional module selection may also be affected by timetabling requirements.

Additional information

International students enrolling on the programme in academic year 2017/18 are £11,575 per annum.

How will I be assessed?

Methods of assessment are designed to ensure that you acquire a wide range of skills, particularly those required by future employers. You will write essays and case reports, critically analyse legal documents, give oral presentations, defend and advise clients and take examinations.  Most modules are assessed by a combination of coursework and examination, or by coursework alone. Feedback will be given on all of your work so that you can develop your criminological and legal skills.

Who will be teaching me?

 You will be taught by tutors whose research and teaching has a well-established national and international reputation. We are committed to ‘focused teaching’ where tutors concentrate primarily on areas of specialism. You will benefit from studying in a highly committed and research-active department.

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