Criminal Psychology
Stonebridge College.
Summary
Overview
Description
Syllabus
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
- Factors 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
Qualifications
Award 2 is issued by our Awarding Body: Level 3 Criminal Psychology Award
At the end of this course successful learners will also receive a Level 3 NCFE Award Certificate of Achievement. Our course has been accredited under our NCFE IIQ Licence and the course measurable learning outcomes have been benchmarked at Level 3 (using Ofqual's Qualification and Credit Framework (QCF) level descriptors) to allow you to consider the depth of study, difficulty, and level of achievement involved.
This award has been designed by Stonebridge Associated Colleges to meet specific learners' or employers' requirements. Accreditation by NCFE is a guarantee of quality. It means that this learning programme has been scrutinised and approved by an independent panel of experienced educational professionals and is quality audited biannually by NCFE.
Requirements
There is no experience or previous qualifications required for enrolment on this course. It is available to all students, of all academic backgrounds.
Career path
Build your career. If you wish to build your career in criminal psychology, you could continue your training and education in criminology, psychology, psychotherapy, and other related subjects that are essential to this field.
Obtain a degree. To work as a criminal psychologist, you’ll need a psychology degree.
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