Forensic Psychology Level 3
NVQ
Online
Description
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Type
NVQ Level 3
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Methodology
Online
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Class hours
120h
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Duration
12 Months
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Start date
Different dates available
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Online campus
Yes
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Delivery of study materials
Yes
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Support service
Yes
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Virtual classes
Yes
This course comes to you as a paper course pack which you can work through in your own time. By reading through the lessons on the course and with the help of a personal tutor you will be able to learn all of the necessary knowledge required to tackle the tutor marked assignments that are used to assess the course. Alternatively, you can study for this course online to save some money on your course and study through the internet with the materials available 24/7 on any computer or smart device.
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Location
Start date
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About this course
Forensic psychologists often work for:
academic institutions
prison services
the NHS
probation services
police services
social services
Work as a forensic psychologist is varied within and across, forensic settings. Forensic Psychology includes occupational and clinical elements. For example, one of the roles of a forensic psychologist, in both health and prison services, might include providing a consultancy service to managers. They then work with offenders, victims, criminal and civil justice staff and managers.
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Subjects
- Forensic Psychology
- Psychology
- Research
- Introducing
- Statistics
- Methods
- Eyewitness
- Correctional
- Psychiatric
- Criminal
Course programme
This course assesses the following units:
- Module 1: Introducing Research Methods
- Module 2: Introducing Basic Statistics
- Module 3: Psychology and Violent Crime
- Module 4: Serial Killers
- Module 5: Crime and Substance Abuse
- Module 6: Child Abuse
- Module 7: The Evidence of Children
- Module 8: Criminal Responsibility and Psychiatric Defences
- Module 9: Mental Disorder as a Defence
- Module 10: Eyewitness Testimony
- Module 11: Psychology in a Correctional Setting
- Module 12: Psychology and Police Selection, Recruitment and Training
- Module 13: Police Stress
- Module 14: The Decision to Assist
- Module 15: The Research Proposal and the Research Project Report
To pass this course learners must complete a number of assignments. These are completed after navigating through the lessons which are sent to students and writing your answers to assignment questions. Once these have been read and marked by your personal tutor, feedback and marks are provided to students which contain helpful tips to improve work in future assignments.
Forensic Psychology Level 3