Masters Compare - Find your perfect masters course.
Masters Compare - Find your perfect masters course.
Study Details: LLM/MSc: 12 months full-time, 24 months part-time
PgDip: 9 months full-time, 21 months part-time
Blending a rigorous understanding of fundamental theory with evidence about real world problems you’ll analyse recent innovations in theory, policy and practice.
Drawing on a range of disciplinary approaches, the course will enable you to develop a rational and just response to crime.
The LLM/MSc in Criminal Justice & Penal Change is unique in both its approach and its flexibility.
Key features:
our focus is on pressing contemporary national and international issues of policy and practice
choose to graduate with either an LLM or MSc
study full-time or part-time
learn from a world-class teaching team
students are from a range of nationalities and disciplinary backgrounds
First-class or Second-class Honours degree, or international equivalent, in Law, one of the social sciences, business or humanities. Entry may be possible with other qualifications and/or experience.
Students on the Strathclyde Masters (LLM or MSc) in Criminal Justice and Penal Change come from a range of backgrounds.
Some are recent graduates in law, humanities and the social sciences from around the world. Many are current practitioners, policy-makers in different fields of criminal justice. They find the course of invaluable assistance in gaining a step up the career ladder.
Where are they now?
Occupations which criminal justice students may (and do) take up include:
Advocacy
Central Government Criminal Justice Research Manager
Council of Europe Analyst
Criminal Barrister
Defence law
European Union Policy Analyst
Forensic Services
Judiciary
Local Government Criminal Justice Policy Manager
Lecturer in Criminal Justice
Parliamentary Advisors on Criminal Justice
Prosecution Service
Prison Management
Prison Psychologist
Prison-based Social Work
Victim Support
Core modules:
Justice & Penal Decision-Making
Punishment & Processes of Penal Change
Dissertation
Optional modules:
Restorative Justice
Childhood & Crime
Homicide
International Criminal Justice
Offender Supervision & Management
Surveillance, Technology & Crime Control
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