Law with Criminology

About this course

Law and criminology are natural academic companions. Law provides the formal framework within which crime is defined, prosecuted and punished, while criminology examines the social, psychological and political dimensions of crime and criminal justice, asking questions that the law itself often leaves unanswered: why do people offend, how does society's response to crime reflect its values and inequalities, and what do concepts like justice, punishment and rehabilitation actually mean in practice? Studying the two together gives you both professional legal knowledge and a critical perspective on the systems you are learning about. At the University of Essex, this three-year full-time programme covers the core areas of English law, including contract, tort, criminal law, constitutional law and equity, alongside criminology modules that place criminal law and justice within a wider social,

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