MSc in Criminal Justice Policy
Programme code: TMCJP
Department: Social Policy
This information is for the 2017/18 session.
Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations
Classification scheme for the award of a taught master's degree (four units)
Exam sub-board local rules
Full-year programme. Students must take one compulsory course, non-assessed course SA4C1, optional courses to the value of two full units and a dissertation.
Paper |
Course number and title | |
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1 |
Criminal Justice Policy | |
2 |
Choose to the value of up to two full units from the following optional courses: | |
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LL4BC |
Policing and Police Powers (H) (withdrawn 2017/18) | |
LL4BD |
Policing: Contemporary Issues and Controversies (H) (withdrawn 2017/18) | |
Explaining Punishment: Philosophy, Political Economy, Sociology (H) | ||
Mental Health Law: The Criminal Context (H) | ||
Understanding Social (Dis)advantage (H) | ||
Social Policy: Goals and Issues (H) | ||
Ethnicity, Race and Social Policy (H) | ||
Social Policy: Organization and Innovation (H) | ||
The Third Sector (H) | ||
Issues in Contemporary Policing (H) | ||
Illegal Drugs and Their Control: Theory, Policy and Practice (H) | ||
Policing, Security and Globalisation (H) | ||
Riots, Disorder and Urban Violence (H) | ||
Crime, Control and the City (H) | ||
3 |
If less than two units are taken from Paper 2, then choose from these further optional courses: | |
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International Criminal Law: Core Crimes and Concepts (H) | |
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International Criminal Law 2: Prosecution and Practice (H) | |
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Corporate Crime (H) | |
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Financial Crime (H) | |
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Law and Social Theory (H) | |
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Security and Criminal Law (H) † | |
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Riots, Disorder and Urban Violence (H) | |
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A course from another programme * | |
4 | ||
Criminal Justice Policy - Long Essay | ||
Long Essay and the Research Process (non-assessed) | ||
Notes | ||
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* May only be taken with the permission of your tutor, the MSc Programme Director and the Course Tutor. | ||
† You must have a Law Degree as a prerequisite for taking LL4CE. | ||
It is not always possible to offer students a place on each of their preferred courses. This is particularly the case where courses are offered outside the Department of Social Policy (i.e. not prefixed with 'SA'). For further information please see lse.ac.uk/socialPolicyCourses. | ||
Note for prospective students:
For changes to graduate course and programme information for the next academic session, please see the graduate summary page for prospective students. Changes to course and programme information for future academic sessions can be found on the graduate summary page for future students.
