About This Course
In this Forensic Psychology course, you will learn many fascinating facts and theories behind criminal thinking and behavior. Whether you are ready to start your career of a forensic psychologist or use this information for your personal interest or work, you are in the right place!
In this course, you will learn for example: why eyewitnesses are not always correct when they give testimonies at court, and whether psychopaths are more likely to commit crime than people with other mental health disorders.
You will know what offender profiling is and how FBI uses it in their investigations and what’s possible to do in order to reduce the risk of re-offending and imprisonment.
After completing this course you will learn how to apply theoretical knowledge to criminal case studies, explain motivational factors of various criminal behaviors such as sexual, violent or fire setting offending behavior.
What are the requirements?
- Having an interest in Psychology and learning about criminal behavior
What am I going to get from this course?
- Learn how to use psychological theories and explain criminal behavior
Who is the target audience?
- This course is for students who want to work in criminal or forensic settings
- This course is for students who like to learn psychology
Our Promise to You
By the end of this course, you will have the knowledge about forensic psychology.
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Course Curriculum
| Section 1 - Introduction | |||
| Introduction: About The Course And The Tutor | 00:00:00 | ||
| History Of Development Of Forensic Psychology | 00:00:00 | ||
| Section 2 - Research Methods In Forensic Psychology | |||
| Research Design And Methodology | 00:00:00 | ||
| Critical Evaluation Of Psychological Research | 00:00:00 | ||
| Section 3 - Theories Of Offending | |||
| Introduction To Theories Of Offending | 00:00:00 | ||
| Theories Of Sexual Offending | 00:00:00 | ||
| Theories Of Violent Offending | 00:00:00 | ||
| Theories Of Fire-setting Behaviour | 00:00:00 | ||
| Section 4 - Personal Attributes Of Offenders | |||
| Personal Characteristics Of Offenders | 00:00:00 | ||
| Personality Disordered Offenders | 00:00:00 | ||
| Psychopathic Offenders | 00:00:00 | ||
| Mental Illness And Offending | 00:00:00 | ||
| Section 5 - Forensic Psychology In Police Investigations | |||
| An Introduction To Offender Profiling | 00:00:00 | ||
| Approaches To Offender Profiling | 00:00:00 | ||
| The Effectiveness Of Offender Profiling | 00:00:00 | ||
| Section 6 - Forensic Psychology In The Courtroom | |||
| Eye-Witness Testimony | 00:00:00 | ||
| Expert Witness Testimony | 00:00:00 | ||
| Attitudes Towards Victims | 00:00:00 | ||
| Section 7 - Forensic Psychology In Practice | |||
| “What Works” Literature In Reducing Re-offending | 00:00:00 | ||
| Interventions To Reduce Risk Of Re-offending | 00:00:00 | ||
| Incident Management (Crisis Negotiation) | 00:00:00 | ||
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