Forensic Psychology and Criminology Diploma

A distance learning course is the ideal way to gain a Diploma in Forensic Psychology and Criminology. Whether you're looking to go on to further education, improve your job prospects or expand your knowledge, distance learning Diploma in Forensic Psychology and Criminology is a flexible and convenient course, which allows you to comprehensively prepare for an exam or career through home study. What's more, because the distance learning Diploma in Forensic Psychology and Criminology course is a fully comprehensive course, no prior knowledge is required. 

Criminology Diploma

This Level 3 Criminology Diploma is an extremely insightful home study course that has been created due to the popular demand of our Level 3 Certificate. Criminology is a broad subject area that draws on the study of crime, violence, victims, terrorism, criminal statistics and the criminal justice system. The Criminology Diploma is a multi-disciplinary course that encompasses law, psychology and sociology in order to gain greater knowledge of this discipline and make informed conclusions.

Course topics covered within the Criminology Diploma include Children and Criminology, Young Offenders and the Criminal Justice System, the Anglo American Model and Labelling Theory and Critical Criminology. The Criminology Diploma is designed for study by distance learning at work or at home in your own time and at your own pace.

Forensic Psychology Diploma

In this Forensic Psychology course we will adopt a research perspective to forensic psychology, beginning with a brief introduction to research methodologies followed by a very basic introduction to statistics for research. The Forensic Psychology course then examines the psychology of violent crime and gives the student the opportunity to conduct their own research into the links between a particular mental disorder of their choice, and violent crime.

Following on from this the Forensic Psychology course makes a brief examination of serial murder and the different causal factors that have been put forward as contributing to the development of the serial killer. The student is then invited to use their learning to date, together with their own research, to explore three serial killers and to produce a report of approximately five hundred words which examines the personas of the chosen serial killers in relationship to the popular urban myths identified by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and explain which they believe hinders the investigation of serial murder.

The Forensic Psychology course then proceeds to examine the links between substance abuse serious crime, violent crime, acquisitive crime and mental disorder and governmental responses to substance abuse. The student is given a further opportunity to conduct their own research to show how a local intervention programme in their area is evidencing the success or otherwise of The Government Drug Strategy.

The student will then examine different aspects of the distressing crime of child abuse and then asked to conduct research into child abuse within the Roman Catholic Church. Much has been written about this issue and the student is asked to use the knowledge they have gained from the course, and from conducting their own research, into the responses of the media, government departments and the Roman Catholic church, to write a report of approximately 500 words on how effective or ineffective these responses have been. They are also required to suggest ways that academic research might help to produce an understanding of how such crimes could have occurred over such a lengthy period of time.

The student is then led to the courtroom and an examination of criminal responsibility and psychiatric defences. Students are then requested to conduct their own research into the Yorkshire Ripper murders and the trial of Peter Sutcliffe. They will produce an assignment of approximately five hundred words, discuss the jury's finding in respect of Sutcliffe, and discuss whether evidence was produced to show that Sutcliffe was insane.

Following from these modules students will look at some mental disorders that have been put forward as defences in criminal trials. These include; Dissociative Identity Disorder (Multiple Personality Disorder), Dissociative Amnesia and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. They will also be given the opportunity to conduct research into Dissociative Identity Disorder.

The Forensic Psychology course continues with a brief examination of eye witness testimony and the evidence of children, after which students will again develop their knowledge by conducting their own research.

Criminology

Introduction to Criminology
Chapter 1: Social Order Maintenance in Celtic & Roman Britain
Chapter 2: Inequality before the Law
Chapter 3: Criminalisation
Chapter 4: Classicism and Positivism
Chapter 5: The Anglo American Model and the Chicago School of Criminology
Chapter 6: Anomie, Social Control & Deviant Subculture Theories
Chapter 7: Administrative Criminology
Chapter 8: Labelling Theory
Chapter 9: Right Realism
Chapter 10: Left Idealism and Left Realism
Chapter 11: Feminist Criminology
Chapter 12: Ethnicity and Crime
Chapter 13: Mentally Disordered Offenders and the Criminal Justice System
Chapter 14: Young Offenders and the Criminal Justice System
Chapter 15: Children and Criminology
Chapter 16: Agencies of Social Control
Chapter 17: The National Probation Service
Chapter 18: Incarceration and Punishment
Chapter 19: White Collar Crime
Chapter 20: Violent Crime

Forensic Psychology

Module 1: The Science of Psychology
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

Qualification One: Forensic Psychology Level 3 NCFE Diploma
This course leads to a Level 3 for successful learners. This means that it is independently accredited at a level of learning equivalent to level 3 on the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) for England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Qualification Two: Criminology Level 3 NCFE Diploma

Forensic Scientist