Criminal Forensic Psychology Course

Crime has been a major problem across the globe and everywhere we go we want to ensure our safety. Crime has ruined lives and destroyed families and it has to be stopped.

Criminal Forensic Psychology studies the criminal minds, how they think, and what motivates them to commit a crime. The goal of the study is to determine how to prevent crimes from being committed, which also aids criminal proceedings in a court of law.

Forensic psychologists deal with a wide variety of legal matters like examining the minds of criminal defendants, dispute resolution, jury selection, and much more.

At the end of this course, students shall learn how to: (1) define and understand the importance of forensic psychology; (2) use psychology to understand criminals; (3) relate forensic psychology to law; (4) profile offenders; (5) carry out witness interviews; (6) use psychology to prevent crime; (7) assess psychopaths; (8) understand law and criminal forensic psychology; and (9) use criminal forensic psychology in court processes.

To achieve these goals, this course shall make use of interactive materials to present the concepts of the topics to be discussed. Assessments shall be done after the entire course to check for knowledge retention and understanding.

Criminal forensic psychologists are also asked to provide expert testimonies in court.

Course Overview

• Unit 1 – Definition and Importance of Forensic Psychology
• Unit 2 – Using Psychology to Understand Criminals
• Unit 3 – How Forensic Psychology Relates to Law
• Unit 4 – Carrying Out Witness Interviews
• Unit 5 – Profiling Offenders
• Unit 6 – Using Psychology to Prevent Crime
• Unit 7 –Various Psychological Assessments And Evaluating Them
• Unit 8 – Assessing Psychopath in Criminal Forensic Psychology
• Unit 9 – Law and Criminal Forensic Psychology
• Unit 10 – How Criminal Forensic Psychology Influences Court Processes

Certificate

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be awarded an IOLEN Certificate of Achievement from IOLEN Accreditation. This should help validate their learning experience and skill, and can be used as a resume builder.

Course Format

This course is divided into several modules and is delivered online through our interactive learning management system. Students are given access to the learning portal where they can access the course 24/7. This gives them complete control over the pace of their learning while also enabling them to study from home, in their offices or from a laptop while traveling.

Course Duration:

Normative or minimum period of study to complete this is 45 hours. Take note that this is only an estimate. The duration of completing the course still depends on the learner’s pace and ability to absorb information. Additionally, as the course is delivered online, learners have the options to divide and study the course in multiple sessions or go through it one go.

Learners will be given full access to this course for 12 months from the date of enrolment. During this period, learners are given the flexibility to complete the course at anytime.

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