MSc in Criminal Justice Policy
Programme Code: TMCJP
Department: Social Policy
For students starting this programme of study in 2019/20
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, optional courses to the value of two full units and a dissertation.
Please note that places are limited on some optional courses. Admission onto any particular course is not guaranteed and may be subject to timetabling constraints and/or students meeting specific prerequisite requirements.
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Course number, title (unit value) | |
Paper 1 |
SP470 Criminal Justice Policy (1.0) | |
Papers 2 & 3 |
Courses to the value of 2.0 unit(s) from the following: | |
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LL4CL Explaining Punishment: Philosophy, Political Economy, Sociology (0.5) | |
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LL4K7 Mental Health Law: The Criminal Context (0.5) (not available 2022/23) | |
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SO473 Crime, Control and the City (0.5) | |
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SP413 Understanding Social (Dis)advantage (0.5) | |
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SP414 Ethnicity, Race and Social Policy (0.5) | |
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SP419 Social Movements, Activism, and Social Policy (0.5) | |
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SP471 Issues in Contemporary Policing (0.5) # (not available 2022/23) | |
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SP472 Illegal Drugs and Their Control: The Making of a Modern Myth (0.5) # (withdrawn 2022/23) | |
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If less than 2.0 units of courses are taken from the list above, then students must select the remaining courses from the following: | |
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LL4AR International Criminal Law: Core Crimes and Concepts (0.5) | |
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LL4AS International Criminal Law: Prosecution and Practice (0.5) | |
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LL4BK Corporate Crime (0.5) | |
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LL4BL Financial Crime (0.5) | |
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LL4CA Law and Social Theory (0.5) (withdrawn 2020/21) | |
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A course from another programme (with the permission of your tutor, the MSc Programme Director and the Course Tutor). | |
Paper 4 |
SP498 Criminal Justice Policy - Long Essay (1.0) | |
Footnotes
A : You must have a Law Degree as a prerequisite for taking LL4CE.
# means there may be prerequisites for this course. Please view the course guide for more information.
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 'SP').
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.
