Criminal Psychology certificate
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- Certificate of completion - Free
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Overview
This programme is designed for anyone interested in the psychology of crime and learning more about the use of psychology in crime, its detection and prevention.
Objectives
The objectives of this course are to;
- Recognise how different research methods can help us research criminal behaviours
- Understand how psychology can help us to understand why some people turn to crime
- Appreciate how criminal psychology can be useful to criminal investigations
- Understand how criminal psychology can be useful in prosecutions
- Recognise how criminal psychology can help to convict criminals
Description
The course is designed for home study or distance learning and is comprised of comprehensive printed course notes presented in an A4 ring binder, together with course assignments and study guide. Tutor support and a student helpline facility are integral to the course, and students have a full 12 months in which to complete their studies. Actual study time will be of the order of 90-100 hours.
The course is divided up into six study units, each with one tutor marked assignment to be completed. Each assignment contains approx 8-10 written tasks to be completed which are then submitted to a subject tutor for marking. Where required assignments can be re-submitted after amendment in the event that the assessment standards are not full met on first submission
The course units and topics are as follows:
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
Who is this course for?
This programme is designed for anyone interested in the psychology of crime and learning more about the use of psychology in crime, its detection and prevention. It is intended for learners studying for general interst or who are planning to work in a crime detection/prevention related occupation in a voluntary of employed capacity.
Requirements
There are no study pre-requirements as the course is intended for learners who have not studied this topic beforehand.
Career path
Designed for anyone seeking to work in a crime detection or prevention environment in a voluntary of employed capacity.
Questions and answers
How long is this course for?
Answer:Hello Dana The course takes around 80 hours of study but this can be completed over any period of up to one year. Regards
This was helpful.What qualifications do I receive after completion.
Answer:On completion you will receive a Criminal Psychology certificate level 3 awarded by ABC Awards, a leading UK awarding organisation
This was helpful.Can you be a probation officer, support worker ect with this qualification?
Answer:Each employer sets their own requirments in terms of qualifications and experience and so we always advise student to check with alocal employer what they would require, in order to ensure that this is the right course. Regards,
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