Diploma in Criminology & Criminal Psychology

Course details

Course Titles:

• Diploma in Criminology and Criminal Psychology
• Diploma in Criminology and Criminal Psychology (Forensic)
• Diploma in Criminology and Criminal Psychology (Police)
• Diploma in Criminology and Criminal Psychology (Prisons)
• Diploma in Criminology and Criminal Psychology (Corporate Fraud)
• Diploma in Criminology and Criminal Psychology (Medical)
• Diploma in Criminology and Criminal Psychology (Crime Scene Investigation)
• Diploma in Criminology and Criminal Psychology (Terrorism)

Students in the above Diplomas attend the same class and lectures. However on completion of the course, students may submit a chosen assignment in any one of the above areas in order to be awarded that particular exit award title.

Outline

• Week 1 – Introduction: nature or nurture? Measuring crime – separating fact from fiction.
• Week 2 – Social, Family & Environmental Theories of Crime – if only my parents cared.
• Week 3 – Biological traits, personal attributes and the mentally disordered mind.
• Week 4 – Psychopathy 1 – The Hare Test & the criminal psychopath
• Week 5 – Psychopathy 2 – The psychopaths among us; bad men in good jobs.
• Week 6 – Serial Killers – strangers in the night?
• Week 7 – Aggression, violence and stalking.
• Week 8 – Sexual Deviation & Sex Offenders – inside the mind of the sex abuser.
• Week 9 – Prison hierarchy and sociology – the inmate code.
• Week 10 – Offender Profiling & Police Interrogation Techniques.

This event has been approved for CPD credits for members of the Psychology Society of Ireland.

Assessment

A pass grade on the written assignment will be required for awarding of the Diploma in Criminology & Criminal Psychology. A fail grade will result in a Certificate of Attendance for the course but without the Diploma being awarded. Students must attend at least 8 of the 10 evenings to graduate with either the Diploma or Certificate of Attendance unless a serious and verifiable reason for further absence is provided. Similarly, the Project must be handed in on the due date unless a sound reason for lateness is provided. In such instances, an extension may be awarded at the discretion of the lecturer.