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2017/18 Taught Postgraduate Programme Catalogue

LLM Criminal Justice and Criminal Law

Programme code:LLM-CJCL-FTUCAS code:
Duration:12 Months Method of Attendance: Full Time
Programme manager:Dr Sam Lewis Contact address:lawsjl@Leeds.ac.uk

Total credits: 180

Entry requirements:

Normally an upper second class honours degree or non-UK equivalent.

School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:

Law

Examination board through which the programme will be considered:

Law

Programme specification:

The programme will:

- Build on a long and successful history of PGT provision by staff in the School of Law and the Centre for Criminal Justice Studies (CCJS);
- Provide students with advanced knowledge about national and international criminal justice policy and practice, contemporary criminological theory, criminal law and related subjects;
- Encourage students to develop other transferrable skills including strong writing skills critical and analytical thinking skills, and oral presentation skills;
- Require students to complete a 15,000-word dissertation. During the course of their dissertation they will receive supervision and guidance from their academic supervisor. They may also have the opportunity to conduct research for their dissertation at an overseas institution, as outlined above;

As members of the School of Law and also the CCJS, students will be part of a lively academic environment and will be encouraged to take advantage of the many extra curricula opportunities available. CCJS events include:

- The CCJS Public Seminar Series, during which academics from the UK and beyond give papers to a mixed audience of criminal justice practitioners, academics, students and others;
- The CCJS Annual Lecture, which in 2013/14 was given by Professor Alison Liebling (University of Cambridge), and which in 2014/15 will be delivered by Professor Adrian Raine (University of Pennsylvania);
- Various events organised by the White Rose Doctoral Training Centre.


Year1 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

LAW5010MCriminal Justice Processes30 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LAW5026MContemporary Criminological Theory and Approaches30 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LAW5041MDissertation Criminal Law/Criminal Justice60 credits1 Oct to 30 Sep (12mth)
LAW5065MCentral Issues in Criminal Law15 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LAW5662MPostgraduate Legal Research Skills15 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

Optional modules:

Candidates will be required to study 30 credits from the following optional modules:

LAW5110MPolicing 1: The Nature of Contemporary Policing15 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LAW5215MPolicing 2: Accountability of Policing15 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LAW5300MSecurity and Justice30 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
LAW5330MEuropean Human Rights15 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LAW5332MCyberspace Law: Contemporary Issues15 creditsNot running in 201718
LAW5334MCyberlaw: Regulation of Cyberspace15 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LAW5386MGlobalisation and Crime15 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LAW5861MInternational Human Rights30 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
LAW5862MHuman Rights and Disabled People 115 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LAW5863MHuman Rights and Disabled People 215 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LAW5866MGlobal Governance through Law30 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
PIED5626MGlobal Justice30 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SLSP5312MTheorising Gender 130 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SLSP5314MUnderstanding Society and Culture30 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SLSP5315MPower, Critique & Global Transformations15 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Last updated: 16/10/2017

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