Criminal law and criminal justice lie at the heart of questions around how we as a society respond to crime.

On this course you’ll study an exciting range of topics. You’ll engage in advanced criminal law theory, as well as criminological theory to examine how societies can better understand and respond to crime.

Our research expertise informs our teaching on the LLM. You’ll learn from experts in their fields. Our faculty publish journal articles, books and public reports shaping the fields of criminal law, criminal justice studies and criminology.

You’ll be taught by lecturers who specialise in critical work, in areas including:

• criminal law theory
• comparative criminal justice
• terrorism and international crimes
• financial crimes
• human rights and criminal justice
• hate crime
• sexual offending
• policing and restorative justice.

Study in a lively and interdisciplinary intellectual environment, giving you the advantage of a wide-ranging knowledge set. This course draws on expertise from the Department of Sociology, which will enable you to develop an interdisciplinary perspective.

You’ll gain practical abilities as well as critical and problem-solving skills valued in contemporary job markets.

You will be able to apply your analytical skills to a range of careers in legal practice and criminal justice administration as well as careers in the private and voluntary sectors.

The LLM can also provide a strong foundation for further academic study or a career in research.

Graduate destinations

Recent School of Law, Politics and Sociology graduates have gone on to jobs including:

• general adviser, Citizens Advice Bureau
• legal assistant, Martin Searle Solicitors
• pupillage, 1 Crown Office Row.