Topics in Social Psychology (Forensic Psychology) class gives students the opportunity to learn the applications of psychology associated with the legal system along with issues and problems that arise when psychology is applied. Students will have the opportunity to learn through a combination of lecture-based teaching. Within forensic-related modules, students can gain an understanding of the motives, mind-sets, and behaviours of people who commit various crimes, as well as the assessment and treatment of offence-related risk factors. Course Objectives:
to define deviance/crime theories,
to explain the “possible reasons” of crime in individual and social context ,
to discuss forensic psychology in practise : offender risk analysis, criminal profiling, offender treatment programmes,
to discuss the characteristics of “victims of crime”,
to define different types of crime/criminals/offenders.