Forensic psychology concerns the assessment and treatment of criminal behaviour, including criminal investigation and profiling. Forensic psychologists work with prisoners, offenders, and victims of crime, as well as other professionals in the judicial and penal systems.
If you are interested in criminal behaviour and want to help offenders make positive changes, then this course is ideal for you.
This forensic psychology training course provides an overview of the use of psychological principles to understand the behaviour of criminals and the value of psychology in the detection of crime. The course covers different research methods and how they can help us research criminal behaviour, current theory in relation to the committing of offences, typical personal traits of offenders and how profiling can assist detection of crime, witness testimony and the behaviour of witnesses in the courtroom, and the use of forensic psychology in prevention of re-offending.
Build your career. If you wish to build your career in forensic psychology, you could continue your training and education in psychology, psychotherapy, and other related subjects that are essential to this field.
Obtain a degree. To work as a forensic psychologist, you’ll need a HCPC approved psychology degree. This course is not approved by the HCPC.
Work as a psychological assistant. If you’ve already earned 5 GCSEs, including maths and English, and have an understanding of IT and statistics, you could apply for a position as a psychological assistant, then use this experience as a step toward becoming a fully qualified psychologist.
On successful completion of your course, you will receive a Stonebridge Associated Colleges Certificate of Completion.
Your course certificate will also state the number of CPD points/hours the course is eligible for.
There is no experience or previous qualifications required for enrolment on this course. It is available to all students, of all academic backgrounds.
All course fees, inclusive of all payment plans including our Premium Credit Limited option, must be settled before certification can be ordered.
*You will have access to the course for 24 months.
Unit 1 Introduction to Forensic Psychology
History of development of Forensic Psychology
Unit 2 Research Methods in Forensic Psychology
Research Design and Methodology
Critical evaluation of psychological research
Unit 3 Theories of offending
Introduction to theories of offending
Theories of sexual offending
Theories of violent offending
Theories of fire-setting behaviour
Unit 4 Personal Attributes of Offenders
Personal characteristics of offenders
Personality disordered offenders
Psychopathic offenders
Mental Illness and offending
Unit 5 Forensic Psychology in Police Investigations – Offender Profiling
An Introduction to Offender Profiling
Approaches to Offender Profiling
The Effectiveness of Offender Profiling
Unit 6 Forensic Psychology in the Courtroom
Eye-witness testimony
Expert Witness testimony
Attitudes towards victims
Unit 7 Forensic Psychology in Practice
‘What works’ literature in reducing re-offending
Interventions to reduce risk of re-offending
Incident management (Crisis Negotiation)
What's Included
Forensic psychology concerns the assessment and treatment of criminal behaviour, including criminal investigation and profiling. Forensic psychologists work with prisoners, offenders, and victims of crime, as well as other professionals in the judicial and penal systems.
If you are interested in criminal behaviour and want to help offenders make positive changes, then this course is ideal for you.
This forensic psychology training course provides an overview of the use of psychological principles to understand the behaviour of criminals and the value of psychology in the detection of crime. The course covers different research methods and how they can help us research criminal behaviour, current theory in relation to the committing of offences, typical personal traits of offenders and how profiling can assist detection of crime, witness testimony and the behaviour of witnesses in the courtroom, and the use of forensic psychology in prevention of re-offending.
Build your career. If you wish to build your career in forensic psychology, you could continue your training and education in psychology, psychotherapy, and other related subjects that are essential to this field.
Obtain a degree. To work as a forensic psychologist, you’ll need a HCPC approved psychology degree. This course is not approved by the HCPC.
Work as a psychological assistant. If you’ve already earned 5 GCSEs, including maths and English, and have an understanding of IT and statistics, you could apply for a position as a psychological assistant, then use this experience as a step toward becoming a fully qualified psychologist.
At the end of this course successful learners will be given the option to receive a Certificate of Achievement from the Quality Licence Scheme and a Learner Unit Summary (which lists the components the learner has completed as part of the course).
The course has been endorsed under the Quality Licence Scheme. This means that Stonebridge Associated Colleges has undergone an external quality check to ensure that the organisation and the courses it offers, meet defined quality criteria. The completion of this course alone does not lead to a regulated qualification* but may be used as evidence of knowledge and skills gained. The Learner Unit Summary may be used as evidence towards Recognition of Prior Learning if you wish to progress your studies in this subject. To this end the learning outcomes of the course have been benchmarked at Level 3 against level descriptors published by Ofqual, to indicate the depth of study and level of demand/complexity involved in successful completion by the learner.
The course itself has been designed Stonebridge Associated Colleges to meet specific learners’ and/or employers’ requirements which cannot be satisfied through current regulated qualifications. The Quality Licence Scheme endorsement involves robust and rigorous quality audits by external auditors to ensure quality is continually met. A review of courses is carried out as part of the endorsement process.
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On successful completion of your course your qualification is awarded. You will receive an attractively presented Diploma or Certificate issued by Stonebridge Associated Colleges, this will also allow you to use the letters SAC. Dip. or SAC. Cert. after your name.
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Unit 1 Introduction to Forensic Psychology
History of development of Forensic Psychology
Unit 2 Research Methods in Forensic Psychology
Research Design and Methodology
Critical evaluation of psychological research
Unit 3 Theories of offending
Introduction to theories of offending
Theories of sexual offending
Theories of violent offending
Theories of fire-setting behaviour
Unit 4 Personal Attributes of Offenders
Personal characteristics of offenders
Personality disordered offenders
Psychopathic offenders
Mental Illness and offending
Unit 5 Forensic Psychology in Police Investigations – Offender Profiling
An Introduction to Offender Profiling
Approaches to Offender Profiling
The Effectiveness of Offender Profiling
Unit 6 Forensic Psychology in the Courtroom
Eye-witness testimony
Expert Witness testimony
Attitudes towards victims
Unit 7 Forensic Psychology in Practice
‘What works’ literature in reducing re-offending
Interventions to reduce risk of re-offending
Incident management (Crisis Negotiation)
What's Included
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