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28 November 2025, 14:15 – 15:00 – Live Q&A session with students

About the master Comparative Criminal Justice
Comparative Criminal Justice is a one-year master’s programme at Leiden Law School. The programme explores contemporary criminal justice developments and challenges from both legal and criminological perspectives. It is unique in its cross-national and multidisciplinary scope. You will analyse criminal justice systems in different countries, focusing on their ability to respond to crimes that increasingly take place across borders, such as terrorism and human trafficking.

What makes the master Comparative Criminal Justice unique?

• A truly comparative and interdisciplinary approach to studying criminal justice.

• Focus on global challenges such as transnational crime, migration and terrorism.

• Small-scale and interactive teaching, including research papers, blog posts, and presentations.

• Opportunities to combine theory with practice, including study visits to institutions like prisons, Eurojust and the European Parliament.

• An international classroom with students from diverse academic and cultural backgrounds.

Is the master Comparative Criminal Justice right for you?
Do you want to understand how criminal justice systems function in different countries and contexts? Are you interested in the impact of globalisation on crime control and in learning how legal and non-legal actors shape security and justice? Then this master’s programme is an excellent choice.

Read more about the master Comparative Criminal Justice on the master’s webpage.

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