Criminal Psychology Level 3

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Vocational qualification

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£ 325 VAT inc.

Description

  • Type

    Vocational qualification

  • Methodology

    Online

  • Class hours

    90h

  • Duration

    6 Months

  • Start date

    Different dates available

The role of the criminal (or forensic) psychologist is becoming increasingly popular for people choosing a career. This home study course in criminal psychology is diverse, interesting and challenging, it is designed for anyone interested in the psychology of crime and learning more about the use of psychology in crime, its detection and prevention.

The Criminal aspect of Psychology is often one of the most popular - Studying and observing the criminal's mind for intentions, thoughts and aberrant behaviour.

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About this course

On this course you will:

Recognise how different research methods can help us research criminal behaviours
Recognise how criminal psychology can help convicted criminals
Understand how psychology can help us to understand why some people turn to crime

The course is relevant for solicitors, lawyers, law enforcement personnel, security workers, prison workers, teachers and trainers and anyone interested in learning more about criminal behaviour and how it can arise.
If you are interested in criminal behaviour and want to help offenders make positive changes, then this course is ideal for you.

On this

You don't need any prior skills in the subject area to start this course.

At the end of this course successful learners will receive a Certificate of Achievement by ABC Awards and a Learner Unit Summary (which lists the details all of the units you have completed as part of your course).

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Sharon Kaur

4.0
02/05/2016
What I would highlight: One of my companions did a course with this school and prescribed it to me. I was amazed they were open bank holiday - I have recently shared a word with agood natured person who has helped me pick a course. Truly awed.
What could be improved: No negative aspects.
Would you recommend this course?: Yes
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Subjects

  • Criminal Psychology
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Rehabilitation
  • Psychology
  • IT
  • Ethics
  • Biology
  • Physiology
  • Criminal law
  • Criminal investigations
  • Investigating
  • Behaviour programmes
  • Rehabilitating prisoners
  • Witness reliability
  • Interviewing witnesses
  • Detecting lies
  • Detecting false confessions
  • Geographic profiling
  • Behavioural Theories

Course programme

Unit 1 Introduction
  • Defining criminal psychology
  • Scope of criminal psychology
  • Roles of the criminal psychologist
Unit 2 Researching Criminal Behaviours

  • The scientific method of psychological research
  • Ethical considerations of psychological research
  • Designing a research study/experiment:
  • Focus of the research
  • The hypothesis
  • Data collection methods
  • Analysing the data
  • Reaching conclusions
  • Reporting the results
  • The usefulness of psychological research
Unit 3 How Criminal Psychology can be used to Understand Crime
  • Factors that influence the incidence of criminal activity
  • The major perspectives that try to explain causes of criminal behaviour:
  • Biological/physiological theories
  • Cognitions theories
  • Behavioural theories
  • Developmental theories
Unit 4 How Criminal Psychology can be used in Criminal Investigations
  • Investigating a crime
  • Witness reliability
  • Factors that affect memory acquisition
  • Factors that affect memory retention
  • Factor s that affect memory retrieval
  • Interviewing witnesses
  • Interviewing suspects
  • Detecting lies
  • Detecting false confessions
  • Offender profiling
  • Geographic profiling
Unit 5 How Criminal Psychology can be used in Prosecutions
  • An overview of courtroom procedures
  • How witnesses can affect a jury’s decision
  • How child witnesses can affect a jury’s decision
  • How expert witnesses can affect a jury’s decision
  • How the judicial system can affect a jury’s decision
  • How the juror reaches a decision
  • Group decision making
  • Group behaviour
Unit 6 How Criminal Psychology can be used with Convicted Criminals
  • A Brief history of punishments
  • The range of punishments
  • Imprisonment
  • Problems inmates encounter in prison
  • Support available in prisons
  • Alternatives to imprisonment
  • Rehabilitating prisoners
  • Offender behaviour programmes
Assessment

Each unit is followed by a written tutor marked assignment (TMA), which is submitted and then marked by your tutor. You will not be required to take an external exam.

Criminal Psychology Level 3

£ 325 VAT inc.