Criminal Justice LLM

Queen Mary University of London

The Criminal Justice LLM allows you to gain in-depth comparative knowledge of global criminal justice and domestic systems around the world, including their regional and transnational interactions. Understand different systems of criminal justice (for example civil vs common law, or international criminal law) and investigate the challenges that police, prosecutors, judges, victims and policymakers face in a global environment.Study within the Criminal Justice Centre (CJC), which provides a forum for research and learning in all aspects of criminal justiceThe LLM can lead to further postgraduate research and study in criminal law. We also offer an MRes programme in Criminal LawThe Criminal Justice Centre provides advice and training to the legal profession, governments and judiciaries, and you can attend many seminars, lectures, workshops and conferencesYour fellow students will come from the UK and more than 80 other countries, each able to draw on prior academic and professional experience from different jurisdictionsWhat you'll studyYou will consider multiple aspects of criminal law and justice, including issues of terrorism and human rights, migration, international crime, cybercrime, corporate violence and economic crime, and mental health law. Your studies will encompass the laws in different jurisdictions and how they are applied internationally. AssessmentYou will be assessed by a range of methods combining examinations and coursework which will be fully explained in your student pack available during induction.For your dissertation, you will undertake more self-directed research and writing work with the support of an allocated supervisor.

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