LLB Law with Criminology
Standard course option With a foundation year With a year abroad
Study for a law degree while gaining an understanding of the crime and criminological factors that affect the law.
A Level grades: BBB
Why do people commit crimes? How can society deal with it, and where does the law come into the equation?
This course is a law degree which also develops your understanding of criminology and criminal justice.
At Hull, we encourage you to get involved in extracurricular activities to boost your employability. We were among the pioneers of the academic study of criminology more than 30 years ago, and we've maintained strong links with local, regional and national criminal justice agencies.
Six reasons to study Law with Criminology at Hull
Close links with criminal justice agencies
Learn the legal ropes in our mock courtroom
Test your skills in Law Society competitions
Opportunities to give legal advice to real clients
Opt to spend a year studying in another country
Introduction to Law and its Study
This module provides you with a basic introduction to law and the key skills for studying it. In particular, you'll develop your ability in academic writing, problem solving and research.
Develop a strong understanding of criminal law in England and Wales. You'll focus on topics like property offences, non-fatal offences against the person, defences and inchoate offences.
Systems of Justice
Develop your understanding of law as a fundamental social institution. You'll reflect on your understanding of justice, with reference to contemporary social issues.
Public and European Law
In this module you'll study the law governing the UK state, the institution of the European Union and the nature of the legal relationship between the UK and the EU.
Criminal Justice Institutions
Study the procedures of criminal justice – and the role of institutions such as the Police, CPS, courts and prisons, responsible for investigation, prosecution, conviction and punishment.
Development of Criminological Theory
Study the development of criminological theory - from the 19th and 20th centuries through to the emergence of deviancy theory, radical perspectives and rational choice theories.
Obligations I – The Law of Tort
Study the general framework and key concepts of the law of tort. Among other things, you'll consider the grounds of liability and evaluate the role of tort law in modern society.
Obligations II - The Law of Contract
Examine contract formation and enforceability, factors that may render a contract void, the interpretation of contractual terms and potential remedies for breach of contract.
Real-World Law
Developed in partnership with a leading commercial law firm, and taught by practising solicitors, arbitrators, mediators and advocates, you will focus on understanding law in a commercial setting through interactive workshops, finding solutions to legal issues using a range of practical skills.
Policing and Criminal Investigation
Explore policing's key functions and the issues facing police today. You'll examine the methods, tools, and controversies associated with criminal investigation.
Criminology in Late Modernity
You'll examine how current social theory explains recent developments in crime and crime control, taking in realism, cultural criminology and contemporary feminist perspectives.
You'll consider the operation of the internal market and how to access it; the state of Brexit negotiations; and alternative models for continuous partnership with the European Union.
You will spend the third year of the degree studying abroad at one of our partner universities in France, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, or Spain.
Land Use and Regulation
Develop insight into the issues surrounding the use and regulation of land. You'll cover topics such as co-ownership, leases, and private and public regulation of land use.
Trusts: Managing for Others
This module will introduce you to the legal concept of the trust and help to develop an understanding of the role the device plays in facilitating and regulating the management of wealth for others.
Criminal Evidence
Learn how the law balances the defendant's interests, with respect for victims and witnesses. Topics include the right to a fair trial and the process of collecting evidence.
Medical Law and Ethics
Get to grips with controversial issues which often make the headlines. You'll explore the ethical conflicts behind the legal principles of topics including abortion and assisted dying.
Experience law in practice, advising real clients with real problems, researching legal issues and writing letters of advice under the supervision of professionally-qualified members of staff.
International Dispute Settlement
Explore how inter-state disputes are resolved, including the mechanisms set out in the UN Charter, and international courts and tribunals. Using practical examples, you'll compare and analyse the rules, institutions and processes for the peaceful settlement of disputes in international law.
Explore the role of law in the workplace. You'll consider the protection offered by employment law, work contracts, remedies available to wronged workers and discrimination in the workplace.
Mediation and Alternative Dispute Resolution
Examine the historical and theoretical context of alternative dispute resolution, focusing especially on mediation. You'll then explore mediation skills via workshops based around role-play scenarios.
This module covers the study of relationship formation and breakdown, the cohabiting family, same sex relationships, the financial aspects of relationship breakdown and children. You'll experience applying the practical aspects of family law to problem questions.
Cyberterrorism and Extremism
Your work this module will reflect real-world practice as you look closer at what's happening in the world today, and discuss and debate key terms such as 'cyber', 'radicalisation', 'terrorism', 'extremism' and 'violent extremism'.
Transnational Organised Crime
Learn the concepts behind our grasp of transnational organised crime. You'll cover areas including the drugs and arms trade; people trafficking; cybercrime; and terrorism.
Restorative Justice and Peacemaking Criminology
Examine the development of restorative justice and peacemaking criminology, analysing their key concepts, values, principles and practices - as well as the controversies surrounding them.
Drug Use Today
This module introduces the study of 'the drug problem', in Western society. You'll explore the sociological and psychological perspectives used to explain drug-using behaviour.
Contemporary Imprisonment
Study the contemporary sociology of imprisonment. You'll examine current controversies in the use of prison sentences and consider the effects of incarceration on offenders.
Modern-Day Slavery in the UK
Slavery in the UK has risen exponentially over the past 20 years - now reaching some 136,000 victims. You'll consider definitions of slavery and how its scale is measured.
Sex Work, Policy and Crime
Discover the cultural, social and political issues surrounding the commercial sex industry. Through lectures and seminars, you'll consider why people buy and sell sexual services.
You will make an original contribution to research by designing, carrying out and writing up your own project on a topic you choose, supported by your dissertation supervisor.
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Why I chose Law at Hull
Tracey Raymond
Broaden your horizons, learn new skills and make invaluable international contacts by choosing to study abroad for a year.
Legal advice centre
Gain hands-on experience providing legal advice to members of the public, under expert supervision, in our Legal Advice Centre.
A level grades BBB
BTEC grades DDM
IB Diploma: 30 points
Access to HE Diploma: Pass with 45 credits at merit
Dr Andrew Hicks
Dr Bev Orton
Dr Carmino Massarella
Diana Wallis
Dr Elizabeth Faulkner
Grant Stirling
Professor Helen Johnston
Dr Iain Brennan
Dr Karen Harrison
Dr Kate Smith
Laura Milner
Professor Lindsay Moir
Dr Lisa Whitehouse
Dr Margarita Zernova
Dr Martina McClean
Dr Michael McCahill
Nicola O'Leary
Dr Phil Bielby
Professor Richard Barnes
Dr Rob Clucas
Simone Santorso
Professor Thomas Lundmark
Have a virtual wander round campus. You could start here, in our mock courtroom.
Prison officer
Many of our graduates embark on legal careers as solicitors or barristers, others use their degree as a springboard into management, business or the civil service.
The criminology element of the degree opens up a range of jobs in the police, probation or prison service.
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Criminology and Sociology
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