Criminal Psychology & Forensics Course Bundle

Is your passion to work in crime labs, universities, hospitals, criminal investigation departments of banks, forensic science laboratories, private investigation agencies, and the like? Our Criminal Psychology & Forensics online course will introduce you to approaches in understanding crime, mental disorders and their relationship to crime; as well as the science of evidence collection, and how this evidence is analyzed.

Course Aims:

• Define crime and criminal psychology.
• Discuss psychological theories and approaches to understanding crime.
• Define serious crimes and explain the involvement of psychology.
• Discuss the relationship between a person having a learning disability and committing crime.
• Define psychopathy and discuss psychological theories relating to psychopathy.
• Discuss gender differences associated with crime.
• Discuss the psychological theories relating to youth and crime.
• Discuss how psychology is used by the police.
• Discuss how psychology is used in the court room.
• Discuss the use of psychology in crime prevention.
• Define forensic science and its various offshoots.
• Describe the application of forensic science to the investigation of crimes and legal process.
• Explain crime scene investigations, different categories of evidence, and their collection procedures.
• Explain how different types of evidence are tested and analysed on site and in the laboratory.
• Explain the roles of individuals working in specialist forensic sciences and the services they provide.
• Understand theories underlying criminal behaviour in men, women and children.
• Explain psychological disorders and how this can relate to criminal behaviour in adults.
• Explain how assessment and data collection is used in forensic sciences, law enforcement and psychology to profile criminal offenders.
• Understand how evidence is presented in court and issues surrounding eye witness testimonies.
• Explain how ethical issues can influence collection of evidence, use of data and profiling.

Course Outline

There are 2 modules in this Criminal Psychology & Forensics course:

I. Introduction to Forensics

• • The Nature of Forensic Science
  • Forensic Science and Law
  • Evidence Collection
  • Analysis of Evidence
  • Specialist Forensic Services
  • Criminology
  • Psychological Disorders and Crime
  • Criminal Profiling and Intelligence
  • Presenting Evidence in Court
  • Ethical Issues

II. Criminal Psychology

• • Introduction to Criminal Psychology
  • Psychological Approaches to Understanding Crime
  • Psychology and Understanding Serious Crimes
  • Mental Disorder and Crime 1 – Learning Disabilities and Crime
  • Mental Disorder and Crime 2 – Psychopathy
  • Gender and Crime
  • Youth and Crime
  • Psychology and the Police
  • Psychology in the Courtroom
  • Psychology and Crime Prevention

When you have completed the lessons of your Certificate course, you will be given the option of taking the optional exam. It’s okay if you don’t want the exam, we still issue your Careerline Certificate. For Advanced Certificates however, the exam is compulsory (per module) and are included in the course fee.