PSY6402 - Applied Forensic Psychology

Objectives:

On successful completion of the module, students will be able to:

Demonstrate an advanced knowledge of a range of psychological theories relevant to the field of forensic psychology.
Critically evaluate the contributions of psychology at all levels (i.e. from the detection of crime to the prosecution, incarceration and rehabilitation of offenders).
Demonstrate a critical awareness of a range of issues within forensic psychology.

Content:

Prison Assessment, Risk and Dangerousness Assessments, Offender Profiling, Stalking, Personality Disorder, Sex Offender Treatments, , Terrorism, Police and Prison Psychology.

Learning and Teaching Information:

Semester1 and 2 contact hours are a combination of lectures and workshops.

Lectures/Workshops
Contact hours: 18 x 2 hours
Intended Group size: 1 x group

Tutorials
Contact hours: 2 x 1 hour
Intended Group size: 2 x group

Guided independent study
(Balancing figure) = 164

Further details relating to assessment
Case study in semester 2 is a “virtual prisoner”- pen portrait used for student to implement risk assessment, and design treatment programme (1500 words) then in weeks 1 -5 the student receives a report on the prisoners progress and is asked to respond with changes to programme and other interventions (1000 words).

Assessment: