Topics that will be covered in the Criminal Psychology module include:

• Introduction to Criminal Psychology

  • Definitions of Crime

  • Consensus View of what Crime is

  • Conflict View of Crime

  • Interactionist View of Crime

  • Scope of Criminal Psychology

  • What Criminal Psychologists do

  • Case Study

  • Profiling

  • Courts

  • Correctional System

• Psychological approaches to
  understanding crime

  • Biological explanations of Crime

  • Phrenology

  • Eugenics

  • XYY Chromosome Model

  • Genetics

  • Twin Studies

  • Adoption Studies

  • Nature, Nurture

  • Environmental Explanations of
    Crime

  • Family Influence

  • Agency Explanations

  • Rational Choice Theory

• Psychology and understanding serious
  crimes

  • Aggression

  • Types of Aggression

  • Terminology

  • Drive Theories

  • Freudian Theories

  • Social Learning Theories

  • Biological and Evolutionary
    Theories

  • Types of Aggression

  • Aggression and against Outsiders

  • Aggression in Species

  • Aggression in Humans

  • Environmental Influences on
    Human Aggression

  • Imitation or Modelling

  • Familiarity

  • Reinforcement

  • Aggression and Culture

  • Other Factors in Aggression:
    Alcohol, Pain, Frustration

  • Murder

  • Sexual Assault

  • Stalking

  • Pursuit Behaviour

  • False Stalking Syndrome

• Learning disabilities and crime
  • Meaning of Learning
    Disabilities
  • IQ Testing
  • Crime and Intelligence
  • Modern Intelligence
    Testing
  • Learning Disabilities
    and Crime
  • Sex Offences and
    People with Learning
    Disabilities
  • Courts
• Mental Disorder and Crime 2
  (Psychopathy)
  • Scope and Nature of
    Psychopathology
  • Personality Disorder
  • Psychopath
  • Heartlessness
  • Emotionless
  • How do People become Psychopaths
  • Treatment

• Gender and Crime

  • Scope and Nature of Gender and
    Crime studies

  • Rates of Crime

  • Murder and Violence

  • Prostitution

  • Case Study … Women Offenders

  • Victims

  • Murder

  • Domestic Violence

  • Sexual Abuse

• Youth and Crime

  • Age of Criminal Responsibility

  • Risk Factors

  • Mental Health Risk

  • Conduct Disorders

  • ADHD (Attention Deficit
    Hyperactivity Disorder)

  • Cumulative Effect of Risk Factors

  • Prevalence and Offending

  • Case Studies

  • Young People as Victims

• Psychology and the Police
  • Social Construction of Reported
    Crime
  • Eyewitness Testimony
  • Early Research
  • Schemas and EWT
  • Police Line Ups
  • Everyday Uses of Psychology by
    Police
• Psychology in the Courtroom
  • Social Cognition
  • Behaviour
  • Appearance
  • Expectations

  • The Primacy Effect

  • Attribution

  • Schemas and Social Perception

  • Central Traits

  • Stereotypes

  • Social Inference and Decision Making

  • Psychology and the Law

  • Guilt Bias

  • Media Effect

  • Defendant Attributes

  • Attorney Attributes

• Psychology and Crime
  Prevention

  • Punishment

  • Types of Punishment

  • History of Punishment

  • Reasons for Punishment

  • Deterrents

  • Punishment and Impartiality

Topics that will be covered in the Introduction to Forensic Science module include:

• The Nature of Forensic Science
  

  • What is Forensic Science?

    Origins and Principles of Forensic
    Science

• Forensic Science and Law

  • Scientific Principles

  • Use of Evidence

  • Relationship with Law

  • What is Evidence?

  • Types of Physical and Biological Evidence

• Evidence Collection

  • Crime Scene Investigations

  • Chain of Custody

  • Assessing a Scene

  • Processing a Scene

  • Collecting Samples

• Analysis of Evidence

  • The Purpose of Analysis

  • Principles of Underlying Analysis

  • Statistical Analyses

  • Types of Evidence

  • Use of Laboratory Evidence

• Specialist Forensics

  • Civil vs Criminal Courts

  • Types of Forensics Used

  • Digital and Electronic Forensics

  • Forensic Pathology

  • Forensic Anthropology

  • Forensic Psychology

• Criminology

  • Psychological Theories

  • Psychodynamic Theory

  • Behavioural Theory

  • Social Learning Theory

  • Cognitive Theory

  • Moral Development

  • Personality and Crime

  • Children and Crime

• Psychological Disorders & Crime

  • Mental Health

  • Mental Health and Criminal Offences

  • Types of Disorder and Crime

  • Mental Health in Children and Crime

• Criminal Profiling & Intelligence

  • Criminal Profiling

  • Problems with Profiling

  • Intelligence

  • Intelligence Gathering

• Presenting Evidence in Court

  • Burden of Proof

  • Proof Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

  • Other Standards of Proof

  • Admissibility of Evidence

  • Evidence

• Ethical Issues

  • Legislation vs Legislature

  • The Purpose of the Law

  • The Purpose of Ethics

  • Ethical Practice and Forensic Science

  • Forensic Practice and Ethics