Course Aim
Develop your understanding of criminal psychology and how psychology is used in law enforcement and crime prevention.
Course Content
There are ten lessons consisting of -
- 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
In psychology, there are three theories that are the most widespread approaches to defining crime. There are other approaches, but as these are the most widely accepted, we will consider those here.
The Consensus View
This view stems from the sociological theories of J Shepherd (1981). This school of thought holds that society functions as an integrated structure, the stability of which is dependent on consensus or agreement by its members, so that the rules, values and norms are respected by all. Therefore, the legal system of the society is a reflection of what is considered tolerable and intolerable behaviour within that particular society i.e. intolerable behaviour is disapproved of by the majority.
Before a crime can be said to have occurred, it has to be committed. So without an action, there can be no crime.
The Conflict View
The Conflict View is the direct opposite of the Consensus View.
The Interactionist View
The Interactionist View falls between the Consensus and Conflict View. It began as a field of thought within sociology called symbolic interactionism.
Learn more about these theories and a lot more through this course!
Develop your understanding of criminal psychology and how psychology is used in law enforcement and crime prevention.
Who should study this?
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Legal secrataries, office staff, etc
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Welfare officers, yourth workers, and any other support service staff who may be working with disfunctional people
$500.00
