Course description
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Course Content
Unit 1 The Forensic Psychologist
- Introduction to forensic psychology
- Law and forensic psychology
- Insanity plea
- Automatism
Unit 2 Biological, Psychological and Criminological Explanations
- Biological (genetic, biochemical)
- Personality theories
- Psychological explanations
- Social learning theory
- Media and crime
- Attachment theory
- Criminological theories
Unit 3 Abnormal Behaviour and Psychopathy
- Psychopathology
- Deviation from social norms (DSN)
- Failure to function adequately (FFA)
- Cognitive approach to abnormal psychology
- Behavioural psychology
- Psychopathy and antisocial personality disorder
- Schizophrenia
- Psychosis
- Dissociative identity disorder
Unit 4 Risk Factors and Assessment Tools
- Risk factors
- Children who kill
- Actuarial
- Structure clinical judgement
- Unstructured clinical judgement
- DSM Criteria for ASPD
- Psychopathy checklist
- Assessing risk: predicting recidivism and harm on parole
Unit 5 Profiling and Behavioural Science
- Inductive and deductive reasoning
- Approaches to profiling
- Type of crime scene
- Personality attributes
- Geographical profiling
- Victim attack method
Unit 6 Theories and Typologies of Rape
- Models and typologies of rape
- Theories of rape (anger, sadism)
- Sexual abuse and paedophilia
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