Law with Criminal Justice (including a Foundation Year)

About this course

Law with criminal justice is a combination that develops both technical legal training and a broader critical understanding of the criminal justice system, how it operates, who it affects, and how it might be reformed. Law equips you with the ability to interpret statutes, analyse cases, construct legal arguments, and understand the principles that underpin the English legal system. Criminal justice studies situate those legal skills within a wider sociological, political, and ethical context, asking why certain behaviours are criminalised, how policing and prosecution operate in practice, and what the aims of punishment should be. The University of Chester's four-year full-time Law with Criminal Justice degree includes a foundation year for students who want additional preparation before entering the main programme, and also includes a year abroad option. The typical entry tariff is 10

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 55% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 15% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 10% of graduatescards →
• 42 / 100Legal professionals · 20% of graduatescards →
• 40 / 100Sales occupations · 5% of graduatescards →
• 30 / 100Managers, directors and senior officials · 5% of graduatescards →

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