Law with Criminology BA (Hons) at University of Northampton

This course combines a comprehensive study of law with criminology's focus on crime, social order and social control. The skills and knowledge you develop can be applied across a wide variety of career paths.

Faculty: Faculty of Business and Law  |  Department: Law  |  Duration: Full Time: 3 Years; Full Time with Foundation: 4 Years; Part Time: 4 -6 Years  |  Study mode: full-time, part-time  |  Intake: September  |  Location: Northampton, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

With detailed insight into law and criminology, students are able to understand how the law relates and responds to crime and criminal acts in society and conversely how criminal acts and changes in the behaviour, organisation and types of crime have an impact on how the law is enforced and new ones developed. Our Law and Criminology programme has been developed over many years to provide a contextualised study of both subjects. Modules include Crime and Society, The Science of Crime and Criminals, Learning the Law, Criminal Law, Ethics, Discrimination and Human Rights, Current Legal Issues and Jurisprudence, Crime and Justice, Criminal Litigation, Organised Transnational Crime, International Policing, Outsiders: Journeys in Deviance, Crime, Policing and Punishment in England, 1700-1900.

Career pathways

Law with Criminology is a popular degree with excellent career prospects. You will develop a range of analytical and critical skills related to law and criminology that can also be applied to a variety of working environments related to the subjects.

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