MSc Crime and Criminal Justice
DURATION
1 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
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TUITION FEES
EUR 19,300 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* for Non-EU/EEA students
Introduction
The master’s programme Crime and Criminal Justice in Leiden provides the skills to face these challenges.
Why choose the master’s programme Crime and Criminal Justice at Leiden University?
- Leiden Law School has a good reputation both nationally and internationally: your degree has value.
- The programme is taught in small classes with a high level of student participation. Much attention is paid to situations in practice and to research, together with fellow students and teaching staff.
- Career opportunities are good. Thanks to our large network and personal career advice most criminologists with a degree from Leiden find suitable employment within six months.
Curriculum
Comparative Criminal Justice (MSc)
As a student of the Master's in Comparative Criminal Justice, you develop academic, theoretical and research insight into all aspects of crime control. Students actively work on current, concrete problems and are challenged to independently find solutions. Students not only learn about the organization of policy and law enforcement but are also confronted with very practical problems and implications.
First semester :
- Criminal law, Politics and Society (5 ECTS)
- Comparative Criminal Justice Research Methods (10 ECTS)
- Human Rights and European Criminal Law in Context (10 ECTS)
- Research Proposal (5 ECTS)
Second semester :
- Public and Private Policing (5 ECTS)
- Prosecution and Diversion (5 ECTS)
- Courts and Sentencing (5 ECTS)
- Punishment and Prisons (5 ECTS)
- Master Thesis Criminal Justice (10 ECTS)
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Ideal Students
Is the master’s programme Crime and Criminal Justice right for you?
After your bachelor’s degree in Criminology, Psychology or some other social science-based degree, do you want to focus on the social challenges related to crime? For example by doing specific research and contributing to better detection and crime-fighting? Then this master’s programme is right for you . Certainly, if you are inquisitive, fascinated by human behaviour and if you follow developments in society closely.
Career Opportunities
The Criminal Justice Master’s programme offered by the institute of Criminal Law and Criminology at Leiden University will provide you with the skills necessary for a successful career in the private or public sector.
Our graduates end up in law(-related) professions, (international) criminal justice organisations, research, teaching, and roles related to policy-making and policy-advice. Examples of graduate destinations include: the Law Reform Commission of Ireland, the Koninklijke Marechaussee, Eurojust, the Dutch Ministry of Justice and Security, and EY.