Undergraduate

Law with Criminology

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Join a tight-knit legal community and be taught by academics whose expertise is influencing policy and addressing real-world challenges.
You’ll deepen your understanding of the causes of crime and the connections between law and criminal justice.
We’ve been training legal professionals since 1927. It’s time for you to become part of that tradition and join the network of Hull Law graduates that stretches across the globe.
Hone your legal skills taking part in ‘trials’ in our state-of the-art mock courtrooms.
We offer much more than degree. Here you’re professional-in-the-making from day one.
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  • Standard course
  • With a foundation year
  • With a year abroad
  • September 2024
  • September 2025

Gain a law degree along with an understanding of the crime and criminological factors that affect the law.

You’ll study criminology and criminal justice – learning why people commit crimes, how society deals with it, and where the law fits into the equation.

This is not a typical law school. We offer a personal experience where every student counts. Here, you’re a professional-in-the-making from day one, learning as a valued member of a tight-knit legal community. We take the time to get to know you, develop your abilities, help you challenge current thinking and grow in confidence.

  • 92.7%

    of students in work or further study 15 months after graduating 1

  • Work on real cases

    in our Legal Advice Centre

  • Over 50 years of experience

    as a leading criminology centre

  • Study abroad for a year

  • Annual

    Careers in Criminal Justice Fair

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About this course

Examine the connection between crime, the law and criminal justice by combining criminology with the study of law.

You’ll be taught by experts whose research influences policy, regulatory change and public debate. We pioneered the academic study of criminology over 50 years ago and have built a powerful reputation and strong links with criminal justice agencies. These partnerships give us unique insight into the world of criminology, so everything you learn is shaped by the latest industry knowledge.

We provide you with much more than a degree. We’re all about preparation for your career.

You’ll practice legal skills in mock trials and Law Society mooting and client interviewing competitions. Build experience on mini-pupillages with Wilberforce Chambers and internships with local law firms and government. And work on real cases – from family mediation to employment tribunals – in our Legal Advice Centre and Mediation Centre.

You could study abroad at one of our highly ranked partner institutions. Rub shoulders with leading law firms at our yearly careers convention. And, you’re guaranteed a place at University of Law, which prepares students for the Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE).

Scheduled study hours and how you’re assessed

Throughout your degree, you’re expected to study for 1,200 hours per year. That’s based on 200 hours per 20 credit module. And it includes scheduled hours, time spent on placement and independent study. How this time is divided across the year varies and depends on the module you are studying.

How you'll be assessed depends on the course you study, and the modules you choose. You may be assessed through a mix of examinations, coursework, presentations and group projects.

Choose your modules

Each year, you’ll study modules worth a certain number of credits, and you need 120 credits per year. Most modules are 20 credits – so you’ll study six modules each year. Some longer modules, such as a dissertation, are worth more. In these cases, you’ll study fewer modules - but the number of credits will always add up to 120. Some modules are compulsory, some are optional, so you can build a course that’s right for you.

Preparing for Learning in Higher Education

This module is designed to give you the best possible start to your university studies, making sure you have all the essential skills you need to succeed. Through lectures and workshops we will teach you how to write in an academic style, how to find quality sources, how to reference work, culminating in writing up a mini-research project.

Core•20 credits

Research in the Humanities, Social Sciences and Education

This module will equip you with the necessary skills to conduct and analyse research in a specific interest, supported by academics within your subject. You'll navigate through the research process, from identifying an area of interest to presenting their findings to your peers.

Core•20 credits

Introduction to Study in the Social Sciences

You will generate synergies from previous modules and develop a greater knowledge and understanding of how research is undertaken within your intended academic specialism.

Core•20 credits

Group Challenge (Humanities)

Formulate and execute a group led enquiry into texts, cultural artifacts, film, music or dance. You'll explore their topics in groups at supervised workshops and develop questions on the cultural object relates to the living world of human experience, as well as developing your own methods to answer these questions.

Compulsory•20 credits

Foundation in Data Analysis

Develop a strong foundation in data collection and analysis. This module will introduce you to qualitative and quantitative data and how to analyse it; the collection of primary and secondary data; the production of high quality graphics; and report writing.

Compulsory•20 credits

Academic Writing Skills

Developing confidence in expression, oral as well as written, is a key feature of this module, which also aims to familiarise you with submission and assessment procedures in the context of Higher Education. This is a clear building block onto your degree programme and places you at a distinct advantage when you move into the following year.

Compulsory•20 credits

The Foundation Year has been designed to prepare you for entry on to the degree. The modules below are for the LLB Law foundation year.  You will transfer to Law with Criminology after successful completion of the foundation year.
6 Modules

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.

Compulsory•20 credits

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.

Compulsory•20 credits

Criminal Law

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.

Compulsory•20 credits

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.

Compulsory•20 credits

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. 

Compulsory•20 credits

Criminology in Late Modernity

Examine how current criminological theory explains recent developments in crime and crime control, drawing from postmodern criminology, cultural criminology and masculinities. 

Compulsory•20 credits
6 Modules

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. 

Compulsory•20 credits

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.

Compulsory•20 credits

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. 

Compulsory•20 credits

Environmental Law

What can environmental lawyers do for the protection of the environment? What do we mean by “environment” and how can its protection affect our everyday lives? What steps would you take in advising a senior UN official on environmental policy reform, or your grandmother on her right to a healthy, sustainable environment? Offering a comprehensive analysis of environmental law, this course gives you the skills to be part of the environmental-safeguarding narrative of our world.

Compulsory•20 credits

Punishment, Dangerousness and Risk

Examine why and how we punish offenders through a critical overview of the operation of the penal system. You'll explore ideas about dangerousness, public protection, and risk in our penal system and how this has influenced policy and practice in recent decades.

Optional•20 credits

Offending and Victimisation

Why do burglars choose some houses and not others? Does alcohol make people violent? How do offenders think about their chances of getting caught? How does being a victim affect mental health and how does childhood adversity affect crime as an adult? This module focuses on the individual, as a victim, an offender, or both. It explores how people make decisions to commit crime and how being a victim of crime affects behaviour.

Optional•20 credits

Exploring Murder

You'll examine the responses to murder from criminal justice systems in an international context, and explore representations of murder in the mass media and popular culture. 

Optional•20 credits

Inequalities, Social Divisions and Social Conflict

In austerity Britain, social inequalities are causing political debate and public disquiet. You'll consider social divisions; the 'problem of youth' ; and the consequences of social conflict. 

Optional•20 credits

Think You Know Policing?

Think you know Policing? Now is your chance to think about it. This module provides you with a grounding and understanding of the range of theoretical issues involved in policing, and its key social functions of order maintenance and crime control. You'll consider the practical and political issues that face the public police in pursuing these and what Policing really means.

Optional•20 credits

Atrocities and Transitional Justice

Switch your focus from 'ordinary' crime to genocide, mass violence, gross human rights violations and political oppression. Explore how best to deal with the legacies of atrocities. This module seeks answers to an old question of how best to deal with legacies of atrocities which, if unaddressed, are likely to fuel future conflicts.

Optional•20 credits

Representations of Crime

Examine and analyse the relationship between media and crime, criminals, victims and the criminal justice system. Where crime and media collide, we will consider the news reporting of crime, media constructions of women and children, crime films and cybercrime. You will engage first hand with media representations of crime, victimisation and punishment through analysis of texts including films, documentaries, games and music.

Optional•20 credits

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. 

Optional•20 credits

Ritual Crime, Magical Practices and Myth

In this exciting module, you will look at religion, magic, and myth as contested sites that are tangled up in processes of colonization, criminalization, and exclusion. Together, we will look at issues such as bodily rituals and ritual killings, criminalization of religious practices, (mis)conception of voodoo, or illegal animal killings to name just a few.

Optional• credits

Sexuality, Deviance, and Race: Visuals of Society

In our day to day lives, we experience and witness ethical challenges, injustices and violence. This module exposes injustices and explores the power of representation. Visual analysis of the complex relationship between sexuality, deviance, and race on national and international levels will feed into broader social discourses. Case studies and internet usage will provide knowledge of the mechanisms that are able to produce and recognise the power of the image – both human and object.

Optional•20 credits
14 Modules

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.

Compulsory•20 credits

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.

Compulsory•20 credits

Capstone Project (Law)

Conduct your own Independent research project on a complex real life legal problem and share your findings with others. In this module, you will work in groups to explore and present the challenges of planning a research topic under the guidance of an academic supervisor. You will present the challenges of planning a research project in a group video. This module will help you to enhance your critical thinking, communication and collaboration skills.

Compulsory•40 credits

Terrorism and Cybersecurity

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'. 

Optional•20 credits

Surveillance and Social Control

You'll study a range of theoretical perspectives on the emergence of a surveillance society - and examine the impact this is having on policing, criminal justice and social justice. You will also explore some of the wider social, political, economic, and cultural drivers behind the emergence of ‘new surveillance’ technologies.

Optional•20 credits

Restorative Justice and Peacemaking Criminology

Restorative justice aims to repair the harm caused by offending behaviour by including people with a direct stake in the offence in finding a solution to benefit all. You'll examine the development of restorative justice and peacemaking criminology, analysing their key concepts, values, principles and practices - as well as the controversies surrounding them.

Optional•20 credits

Mental Health, Illness and Society

What constitutes mental health, mental illness, treatment, justice & human rights is a contested topic with various ideological tensions. You'll take a multidisciplinary approach to the study of mental illness and persons with mental disability. You will consider the implications of the professional power of institutional psychiatry, the historical shifts in mental health care policy, the role of the criminal justice system, and the disability rights advocacy and human rights perspectives.

Optional•20 credits

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. 

Optional•20 credits

Modern 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. You will adopt a social harm perspective, maintaining a victim/survivor focus whilst formulating proactive strategies for more effective preventative approaches to modern slavery.

Optional• credits

Sex Work, Policy and Crime

Critically examine the historical, legal, social and cultural dimensions of the sex industry by using the major theories of crime and deviance. You'll explore why there is a market for sex in the first place, and the economic, cultural and social factors which impact upon the realities of the work. You will look beyond media stereotypes at what working in the industry can be like.

Optional•20 credits

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. 

Optional•20 credits

Multi-Agency Working to Manage Risk

Multi-agency working and risk management are central to the working of the criminal justice system in the UK. They impact on sentencing, punishment, treatment, rehabilitation, release, community management and reintegration. This module provides you with insight into the current performance and risk management procedures in the UK and how they impact the management of offenders.

Optional•20 credits
12 Modules

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.

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Entry requirements

What do I need?

We consider experience and qualifications from the UK and worldwide which may not exactly match the combinations above.

But it's not just about the grades - we'll look at your whole application. We want to know what makes you tick, and about your previous experience, so make sure that you complete your personal statement.

Have questions? Our admissions team will be happy to help.

What do I need?

If you require a student visa to study or if your first language is not English you will be required to provide acceptable evidence of your English language proficiency level.

See other English language proficiency qualifications accepted by the University of Hull.

If your English currently does not reach the University’s required standard for this programme, you may be interested in one of our English language courses.

Visit your country page to find out more about our entry requirements.

Fees & funding

How much is it?

Additional costs you may have to pay

Your tuition fees will cover most costs associated with your programme. There are some extra costs that you might have to pay, or choose to pay, depending on your programme of study and the decisions you make:

  • Books (you can borrow books on your reading lists from the library, but you may buy your own)
  • Optional field trips
  • Study abroad (incl. travel costs, accommodation, visas, immunisation)
  • Placement costs (incl. travel costs and accommodation)
  • Student visas (international students)
  • Laptop (you’ll have access to laptops and computers on campus, but you may want your own)
  • Printing and photocopying
  • Professional-body membership
  • Graduation (gown hire and photography)

Remember, you’ll still need to take into account your living costs. This could include accommodation, travel, food and more.

How do I pay for it?

How much is it?

Additional costs you may have to pay

Your tuition fees will cover most costs associated with your programme. There are some extra costs that you might have to pay, or choose to pay, depending on your programme of study and the decisions you make:

  • Books (you can borrow books on your reading lists from the library, but you may buy your own)
  • Optional field trips
  • Study abroad (incl. travel costs, accommodation, visas, immunisation)
  • Placement costs (incl. travel costs and accommodation)
  • Student visas (international students)
  • Laptop (you’ll have access to laptops and computers on campus, but you may want your own)
  • Printing and photocopying
  • Professional-body membership
  • Graduation (gown hire and photography)

Remember, you’ll still need to take into account your living costs. This could include accommodation, travel, food and more.

How do I pay for it?

Our academics

Our legal academic expertise is addressing intellectual and real-world challenges.

You’ll be taught by expert staff that specialise in current criminology and criminal justice issues including modern-day slavery, knife crime, domestic violence and cyber terrorism.

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Dr Phil Bielby

Phil's research and teaching focus on questions of ethics, human rights and social justice in mental health theory, policy and law, and public mental health ethics.
Lindsay Moir
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Professor Lindsay Moir

The Law School’s Research Director, Lindsay has been awarded British Academy and the Economic and Social Research Council research funding during his career. He also held a visiting position at the International Human Rights Law Institute, Chicago.

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Legal Advice Centre

Work on real cases advising members of the community in our Legal Advice Centre. Your chance to make a huge difference to people’s lives and get a head start over other graduates.

Mock Courtrooms

Learn the legal ropes in our mock courtrooms. Our mock criminal law courtroom includes a dock for ‘the accused’, witness box, jury area, public gallery and Judge’s chamber.

Mediation Centre

Gain real-world experience of mediation, working with local businesses and individuals to solve civil law disputes such as consumer, tenancy or employment issues.

Brynmor Jones Library

Our 7-storey library is home to 1 million+ books, extensive digital resources drawn from libraries and archives across the world, and stunning panoramic views of the city from the 7th floor.

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Future prospects

We’ve been teaching Law at Hull since the University was founded in 1927. Our Law graduates form a wide network around the world.

Our LLB programmes include the foundations of legal knowledge, which are essential for going into legal practice. The skills and knowledge you’ll gain are also highly sought after by employers inside and outside of the legal field – so you’ll open up a whole range of careers.

Many of our graduates go on to careers as solicitors, barristers and legal executives. 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, too.

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