Law with Criminology

About this programme

We are recognised for our expertise in socio-legal studies, policing, hate crime, digital criminology, financial crime, and white-collar crime. Our Pro Bono Unit has won numerous awards and provides essential work experience. Our staff and student-led Innocence Project is the only UK project to have had 2 convictions overturned at the Court of Appeal. You’ll benefit from our close links to Welsh Government, city law firms, courts, and advice centres, and links with South Wales Police and HMPs Cardiff and Parc. We offer Welsh-medium provision in all core law modules and a selection of law options. Our LLB in Law with Criminology will develop your understanding of the legal system in a rapidly changing social, economic, and political context and how the law is shaped by these forces. By combining law with criminology, you’ll explore how legal rules govern society and citizens alongside issues of criminalisation, victimisation, and social responses to crime and disorder. Informed by new and emerging research, you'll explore sociological, psychological, and political approaches to crime and its control, and apply your learning to real-world issues and debates. In addition to the academic skills, you’ll develop, we offer a range of opportunities for professional development and putting your skills into practice. Through our pro bono schemes, we work with legal professionals and community organisations to support people with real legal issues. You’ll work on real cases and build skills in client care, legal research, writing, public speaking, and communication.