BA (Hons) Criminology and Law at Edge Hill University

What is the relationship between crime and the criminal justice system? How do different disciplines explain the root causes of crime? And how are core legal principles applied in real-world settings?

Faculty: Arts and Sciences  |  Department: Law and Criminal Justice  |  Duration: 3 years full-time  |  Study mode: full-time (sandwich year option)  |  Intake: September 2027  |  Location: Ormskirk, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

In the first year of your criminology and law degree, we’ll introduce you to the key concepts and perspectives in criminology, and how they relate to the problems of the modern world. We’ll introduce you to the legal system and its institutions, and teach you legal reasoning and analysis skills. You will apply this knowledge to distinct areas of law, including those which regulate legally binding agreements, and will be introduced to the law of civil liabilities. Compulsory modules include Criminology and the Modern World; Key Criminological Thinkers; Legal Methods and Systems; Law of Contract; Law of Torts; Criminal Justice; Entrepreneurship and Innovation; Crime, Media and Criminology; Generating Reputations; Violence and Society.

Career pathways

By the time you achieve your criminology and law degree, you’ll have a wide range of transferable skills that will equip you for a graduate role or further study. Our graduates go on to have exciting careers in the police service, HM prison service and the Home Office, as well as in these areas: Other students continue on to postgraduate study, or train to become teachers, social workers, solicitors or barristers.

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